Arctic Knot Conference 2021/Documentation

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Arctic Knot
Wikimedia Language Conference
Online · 24–25 June 2021

Resources from the Arctic Knot Wikimedia Language Conference[edit]

  • Link to conference videos on Youtube
  • Category on Wikimedia Commons for conference content
  • Conference content at Septentrio Academic Publishing UIT Arctic University Norway, tba
  • Link to the Arctic Languages Map where you can give your feedback
  • Article by Trond Trosterud, professor of Sámi language technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway: The circumpolar Wikipedia Editions (2021). The article will be available in English, Russian, Northern Sámi, French and Norwegian, tba
  • Solidarity playlist put together by Subhashish Panigrahi for the conference
  • Link to the full NRK recording of slow tv Moving the Reindeer Herds Minute by Minute that could be watched during the conference breaks
  • Link to the podcast In the Footsteps of Elsa Laula through Sápmi – 100 years of Sámi rights fight (in Norwegian). Episode 2 was played during the first conference day with English subtitles.


Survey about your conference experience, open until August 1 2021!

Resources on Sámi history, culture and languages from Wikimedia Norge partnerships[edit]

  • Videos made as part of the project Arctic Art+Feminism, tba
  • Recordings from Wikitongues from the Arctic region
  • Recording of Northern Sámi Language made as part of the Wikitongue and Wikimedia Norge collaboration
  • Blog post on Diff Wikimedia blog about the Inari Sámi Wikipedia
  • Recording of Liv Inger Somby speaking at Wikimania 2019 on Indigenous Languages and Wikipedia
  • Image upload from the indigenous music festival Riddu Riđđu 2019 and Riddu Riđđu 2018
  • Image upload done in collaboration between Wikimedia Norge, The National Archives of Norway and The Sámi Archive, funded by The Arts Council Norway
  • Image upload done in collaboration between Wikimedia Norge and The Norwegian Cultural Heritage Museum
  • Sámi bibliography from The National Library of Norway on Wikidata
  • Sámi place names from The Norwegian Mapping Authority on Wikidata

Want to learn more about the Arctic region?[edit]

  • Website for the online version of the traveling multi-media exhibition “Ságastallamin – Telling the story of Arctic Indigenous“
  • Learn about the Arctic indigenous peoples at the website for the Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples' Secretariat
  • Riddu Riđđu 2021 playlist on Spotify