ESEAP Conference 2022/Submissions/Balinese Manuscripts On WikiPustaka

Balinese Manuscripts on WikiPustaka

Abstract/description

Balinese Wikisource, also known as WikiPustaka, is one of the platforms utilized to carry out the lontar rescue movement in Bali. WikiPustaka now has over 20,000 texts as a digital library. Rescue attempts included not just digitizing the manuscripts but also allowing Bali's generation to participate actively in retyping, inputing metadata, and understanding about their indigenous knowledge.

Relationship to ESEAP or to the theme

Local community project, indigenous knowledge on wikis

• Denpasar Wikimedia Community affiliate.

Speaker name/s or username/s

User: carma citrawati

Session type (such as lecture, panel discussion, workshop, town hall meeting, or lightning talk)

Panel discussion

Time length

15-20 mins.

Session outcomes

At the end of the session, participants would learn about how to encourage local community to get involve in local indigenous knowledges on wikis platform.