GLAM Macedonia User Group/Reports/2023-04
In focus: Italy[edit]
In focus: Italy is an editing two weeks challenge for students of Italian Language in the Republic of Macedonia, taking place from 1 April (00:01) to 14 April 2023 (23:59). It is organized by GLAM Macedonia with support of the Embassy of Italy in Skopje.
Wikilive 2023 - Beograde[edit]
On April 1 and 2 this year, the seventh consecutive WikiLive conference for Wikipedia editors from the region was held in Belgrade. The conference was held in the SKIP center. The WikiLife conference marked 20 years of Serbian-language Wikipedia, where numerous lectures, panel discussions, socializing and sharing of Wikipedia-related projects took place. This year, Glam Macedonia sent Frosina Dimitrova - manager for administration and logistics. The conference ended with the awarding of the "Branislav Jovanovic" Wikimedia Award. This is an annual award given by Wikimedia Serbia to Serbian-language Wikipedia editors for their contribution to the spread of free knowledge. This year's winner of the award is Dragan Sataric. Other participants received confirmations for following and attending the conference.
Workshop in the Public Room[edit]
On April 5, 2023, a workshop was held with students from SUGS Nikola Karev from Skopje. The workshop was held in the premises of Public Room in Skopje and 10 students took part, supplementing and enriching Wikipedia in the Macedonian language with rock music groups and bands from Macedonia. The workshop lasted four hours, and the purpose of it was to train them in the editing of articles as well as to answer all the questions and confusions abut writing articles. Present were: Professor and mentor Emilia Ristanovska and Snezhana Shtrkovska, and guests of the workshop were: The author of the rock encyclopedia Tosho Filipovski and the founder of the music register Vasil Buraliev.
Workshops for bagpipes and Kaval[edit]
Оn April 13 and 17, 2023, the members of the Veles Wiki Club, under the mentorship of the parent Wikipedian and Professor Lila Arsova, the club's coordinator, actively participated in workshops in the premises of the "Goce Delchev" - Local Library in Veles. The young Wikipedians got to know the traditional folk instruments bagpipe and kaval, which are part of the spiritual intangible cultural heritage of Macedonia. The 85-year-old Lazar Petrovski from Veles was a guest at the workshop for getting to know the folk traditional instrument bagpipe. He started playing the bagpipe at the age of 48, probably his love for the instrument was passed on to him by his uncle who also played the bagpipe. The participants of the workshop got to know how the bagpipe is made, what parts it is made of, and then they enjoyed the sounds of the bagpipe performed by the oldest bagpipe player in Macedonia, Lazar Petrovski, who besides playing and singing with the bagpipe, has also made many bagpipes. At the second workshop, our young and outstanding fellow citizen, Filip Arilon from Veles, who is a graduated musician, introduced the workshop participants to the folk instrument kaval. The members of Wiki Club Veles listened to Philip enthusiastically and were curious and asked many questions, such as: what is the kaval made of, what kind of music is played on it, why did he choose to play traditional folk instruments, and so on. The two workshops were followed by mutual satisfaction, because the young Wikipedians, all students in Veles schools, could also enjoy the music of these traditional folk instruments. These activities were part of the program of the association GLAM Macedonia to mark the 20th anniversary of the UNESCO convention Wiki Loves Living Heritage for the preservation of the intangible spiritual heritage, which is celebrated all over the world.
