{"id":407,"date":"2017-02-17T19:16:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T19:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/?p=407"},"modified":"2017-04-02T00:09:58","modified_gmt":"2017-04-02T00:09:58","slug":"save-the-date-celtic-knot-conference-at-edinburgh-university-5-6-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/save-the-date-celtic-knot-conference-at-edinburgh-university-5-6-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the date! Celtic Knot conference at Edinburgh University 5 &amp; 6 July"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_421\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-421\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.svg_-300x300.png\" alt=\"By AnonMoos [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.svg_-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.svg_-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/Celtic-knot-insquare-green-transparentbg.svg_.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By AnonMoos [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">&#8216;Celtic Knot&#8217; conference<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A collaboration between Wikimedia UK and the University of Edinburgh<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>10am to 5pm on 5<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> and 6<\/b><b>th<\/b><b> July 2017 <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>University of Edinburgh Business School.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201c<em>If you want to know what&#8217;s important to a culture, learn their language<\/em><strong>.\u201d Joanne Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This Wikimedia UK event will focus on <i>Celtic Languages and Indigenous Languages<\/i>, showcasing innovative approaches to open education, open knowledge and open data that support and grow language communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Identifying ways in which our cultural heritage can be not just preserved but, as living languages, engaged with and expanded on so as to enrich the linguistic map of the British Isles and beyond through a cross-pollination of ideas &amp; knowledge exchange.<\/p>\n<p>Building bridges between communities, this event seeks diverse participants who will share their practice and discover fruitful new collaborations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please save the dates. The official call for session proposals has now closed but email ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk if you would like to attend or a session you would like to showcase. Abstracts are being reviewed in April 2017 and notification sent out shortly afterwards.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_424\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-424\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-424\" src=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/Celtic-Knot-Wiki-Conference-300x225.png\" alt=\"CC-BY-SA (Own work)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/Celtic-Knot-Wiki-Conference-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/Celtic-Knot-Wiki-Conference-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/02\/Celtic-Knot-Wiki-Conference.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-424\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celtic Knot Conference CC-BY-SA (Own work)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you are interested in attending the event or can help forward this event to interested colleagues in your network then please let me know by contacting <strong>ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">At this time we are asking people to save the date, and suggest ideas (no longer than <strong>100-200<\/strong> words); showcasing the best of your work and linking in with your ideas &amp; suggestions for speakers, keynotes &amp; sessions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Presentations (15 minute talks with 5 mins Q&amp;A).<\/li>\n<li>Lightning talks (5-7 mins)<\/li>\n<li>Workshops (30 or 60 minute workshops)<\/li>\n<li>Discussion spaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Conference Themes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Building language confidence:<\/strong> participation, public engagement &amp; social equality.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Putting our language on the map:<\/strong> preserving &amp; opening up our cultural heritage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Languages on the road to open:<\/strong> ongoing or new projects and initiatives in open knowledge, open education and open data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The politics of language:<\/strong> Local, national, and international policy and practice; advocacy for funding, institutional and community support and investment<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hacking; making; sharing<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All presentations and discussions are encouraged to be as engaging and interactive as possible and facilitate learning and sharing by the attendees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Following enquiries, <\/strong><strong>the criteria for submissions is that presentations\/workshops should be:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Relevant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/\">Wikimedia<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Address interests in-keeping with <a href=\"https:\/\/wikimediafoundation.org\/wiki\/Mission_statement\">Wikimedia\u2019s mission<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Be of interest to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia_community\">Wikimedians<\/a> specifically.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Therefore, any proposals should make it very clear how their presentation will be of interest to this audience.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To assist with <a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/2017\/03\/10\/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-knot-wikipedia-language-conference\/\">seeing links with the Wikimedia projects<\/a> you can click <a href=\"http:\/\/thinking.is.ed.ac.uk\/wir\/2017\/03\/10\/seeing-the-links-at-the-celtic-knot-wikipedia-language-conference\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u275d<strong>Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.<\/strong>\u275e<br \/>\n\u2012Rita Mae Brown<\/p>\n<p>If you have an idea for a session then email me your proposal indicating the session type, conference theme and how your proposal meets the Wikimedia criteria at <strong>ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk<\/strong> no later than <strong>Friday 17th March 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please save the dates. The official call for session proposals has now closed but email ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk if you would like to attend or a session you would like to showcase. 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