Celtic Knot Conference 2024/Submissions/From Bloody Sunday to Translating Ireland. Translatathon@Uniba meets the Celtic Knot
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- Submission no.
About the submission
[edit]- Title of the submission
From Bloody Sunday to Translating Ireland. Translatathon@Uniba meets the Celtic Knot
- Type of submission
- Presentation – 20–25 minute presentation. This time includes questions from the audience.
- Abstract (up to 300 words to describe your proposal)
The University of Bari has a long tradition in Irish Studies and has been working for a few years with Wikimedia Italy in projects aimed at involving students in Modern Languages on Wikimedia projects. In 2022 the Bloody Sunday Project was focused on the translation of the "Bloody Sunday" article from en.Wikipedia to it.Wikipedia (see w:it:Progetto:Coordinamento/Università/UNIBA/Bloody_Sunday) just before the 50th anniversary, and the results were shared in a conference about the tragic event. As a follow-up to this project, a new initiative for the translation of articles related to Bloody Sunday and the Troubles was developed involving high school students (see w:it:Progetto:Coordinamento/Scuole/Liceo_Salvemini). In 2024 we organised a translatathon on Irish culture as part of a one-day international conference on Irish studies. The conference included a public reading of Irish poetry translated from Irish into Italian by the late Rosangela Barone, as well as talk by renowned international scholars (see [1]. The confernece launched a new translation marathon devoted to Irish studies [2]). Other projects we have organised involved translating articles about medicine and tourism on it.Wikipedia and Wikivoyage.
In this talk, we’d like to present how we organized these projects, outline their results and then share our ideas for a possibile follow-up involving the publishing of Celtic poetry on Wikisource, accompanied by the Italian translation. We feel Wikimedia projects are important means to promote Irish culture and poetry, and we are willing to contribute from a cross-cultural perspective.
- Theme of session
- Momentum Unleashed: Overcoming Barriers, Igniting Progress;
- What will attendees take away from this session?
We will share the strategies we used to successfully organize those projects and engage students in activities related to Irish studies and Wikimedia projects.
- Language of presentation
English
About the author
[edit]- Author of the submission
- Maristella Gatto
- Ferdinando Traversa
- E-mail address
ferdinando.traversa
wikimedia.it
maristella.gattouniba.it
- Country of origin
Italy
- Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.)
- Wikimedia Italy
- University of Bari
- Slides or further information (optional)
- Special requests
We’d like not to present on Friday
- Is this Submission a Draft or Final?
Final
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