Wikithon against erasure – archiving Palestinian culture and thought

At 2pm Amer Shomali, Director of the Palestinian Museum in Birzeit, will join us online to talk about the importance of preserving and archiving Palestinian thought, culture and heritage. We hope this talk will both inspire and inform participants in the editing tasks of the day.

In light of the current obliteration of universities, galleries, cultural centres, archives, artists, playwrights, writers, photographers and poets in Palestine, we will edit and create Wikipedia content on Palestinian thinkers, educational and cultural organisations and heritage.

We will use material online resources, articles, books and any other sources you may wish to bring. Please feel free to come for the whole day or drop in for an hour. We will give an introduction at the start of the session, which will be repeated at intervals, but there will be people on hand to support you and help you get started whenever you arrive.

No previous Wikipedia experience is needed but it might be helpful to bring your laptop, power cord, and make sure to create a Wikipedia account before the event.

This is a joint collaborative event between the Sarah Parker Remond Centre for the Study of Racism and Racialisation and the Anti-Genocide University.

Accessibility

It is free to attend this event and everyone is welcome.