Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/ Ocupando a Chicala :um registo histórico fotográfico /Chicala Takeover :a historical Photowalk (ID: 22591940)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Pamina Sebas
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Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Ocupando a Chicala : um registo histórico fotográfico /Chicala Takeover : a historical Photowalk
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-06-01 - 2024-08-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Angola
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Based on the previous work of Chicala Observatory, according to their ebook entitled “CHICALA IS NOT A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD” , Chicala (a Portuguese corruption of the word Kikala) in Kimbundu language was the name given to a surviving nucleus of townships located south of Cabo Island. This nucleus (facing the Bay of Samba) remained confined to what is currently known as “Chicala I”, a neighborhood located within the Cabo Island Commune up to the last quarter of the 20th Century when it began its expansion into what are today known as the neighborhoods of “Chicala II” and “Chicala III” – throughout the 1980s and 1990s, respectively – located on the continental margin within the Kinanga commune.The clearest expression of the reality at hand lies in the population itself. Whilst the population of the Chicala I nucleus is still of mostly Axilwanda origin, Chicala II and III have populations of diverse origins, both national and international. Population-wise, Chicala II started out as an expansion of Chicala I, as it connected with the “city” through lagoon-based aquatic means of transportation, although those initial settlers soon became a minority.
The Photowalk aims to register the history of Chicala with artistic photos as a way to contribute to the current Chicala Wikipedia page .
Wiki Luanda is an Angolan informal user group created in 2022 that seeks to create visibility and representation of marginalized figures from African countries on Wikipedia, with a special focus on Portuguese-speaking African countries in order to create a historical redress that permits the creation of a cultural archive.
Problem/challenge: 1.Inequality regarding representation and participation of Africans on Wikimedia projects. 2. An even smaller representation and participation of Africans from Portuguese-speaking countries. 3. Limited information about Wikimedia in Angola 4. Awareness to the existence and potencial of wikimedia projects in Angola
Change that is sought: 1. Create greater representation on Wikipedia of people from African countries with special focus on Portuguese-speaking African countries, showcasing their contributions to their societies. 2. To retain the current four active editors by providing editing and training opportunities, through the administrative support of our partner Rompe Luanda, a arts center manage by QUeer African Artists including Pamina Sebastião
Solution /Strategies: 1. Bring together people who are interested in redressing the representation and knowledge gap and engaging in activities that contribute to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. 2. Promote knowledge-sharing about Wikimedia and its relevance outreach to partners that already develop activities around historical narratives reparation and photography
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
We have established a partnership with Rompe Luanda since 2023 in which we use their coworking room and event space at their arts Center as our main space to organize edit-a-thons and editing sessions or any other event we need. By using their space we contribute to their monthly in house expenses (communal kitchen and garden; internet; space rental etc) as well as their cultural programme. This allow us to have a fix space where new editors can always find us.
This time around we want to expand our partnerships to other partners. For that we have established a partnership with Chicala Observatory, an archive about the history and urban culture of Chicala’s neighborhood, to support us in the photowalk as our historical guide. We have also listed a couple of collectives, institutions and companies as partners to where our cultural events will take place. We enlisted local initiatives such as: Papaya - media company to help us mobilize young professionals in media Ondjango Feminista - feminist collective that can help us mobilize young female feminist activists AIA - LBTIQ feminist collective - that can help us mobilize LGBTIQ people ELA Gallery - that can help us mobilize local artists Ndongo Gallery - that can help us mobilize local artists
Our main goal is to retain the current four active editors by continuing providing administrative support through our partner Rompe Artistic center and to organize activities that help us mobilize new editors
Photowalk - an event organized in partnership with local photographers and guide to unveil and register the history of Chicala neighborhood.
Editing session - in order to show to the photographers the impact their work can have on wikimedia projects, we will organize editing session with the photographers, to upload the pictures from the photowalk on Commons, and then improve the already existing Chicala page (https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicala_(Luanda) with a historical and decolonial perspective, as well as inserting the photos collected during the photo walk. This action on Commons has the goal to be the first step to creating a cultural/historical archive of the city.
Exhibition - we will organize three moments to showcase the photos taken during the photowalk , making the local photographers work visible as well as the photo walk results - such as the wiki commons files and the improvement of the Chicala's Wikipedia page . The event would allow us also to present Wiki Luanda user group to our target audience and the potential of becoming wiki editors, aiming to recruit and train new editors to upload images on Commons and edit Wikipedia. The cultural events would be organized in partnership with different companies and initiatives, rotating during the three months through different spaces so we could have access and mobilize different groups of people.
Edit-a-thon - after the cultural events we will host one edit-a-thon with the new editors that we mobilized, where we will train the newcomers, and create and improve Wikipedia pages.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
TEAM Paula Sebastião - will be coordinating the administrative activities such as communication, facilitation of edit-a-thons ;logistic for the cultural events and photo walks Wiki user: Pamina Sebas Xano Maria will be coordinating the administrative activities such as finance management, facilitation of edit-a-thons ; logistic for the cultural events and photo walk Wiki user: Xano Maria
SUPPORT
Wiki Editoras Lx is an open and informal group of Portuguese Wikipedia editors that has been meeting since May 2019 to edit (create, improve and extend entries/pages) about cis and trans women, people of non-binary gender, and issues of their interest. The group prioritises editing content linked to Lusophone communities, in particular black, migrant, indigenous, rural, LBTQI+, among others. Another priority of the group is to increase the number of editors and publishers within Wikipedia by opening their meetings twice a month to those who have never edited and want to learn.
At this event Wiki Editoras Lx will support with mentoring and training follow up during edit-a-thons events
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
Target: young media professionals, cultural professionals , feminist and LGBTIQ activists, artists, social activists .
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
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- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
We have discuss this among : Meetings with local photographers Meeting with event partners Meetings with Wiki Editoras LX
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Geography
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
We want to see if these partnerships with local institutions and companies allow us to mobilize new editors. We also want to see if this event allow us to expand the currently knowledge about the Wiki Luanda work and wikimedia and if by mobilizing more editors we expand our impact, decolonizing more wikipedia profiles
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
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| Number of participants | 100 | 50 participants at each monthly cultural events |
| Number of editors | 10 | reach 10 new editors |
| Number of organizers | 2 | At this moment Wiki Luanda |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | 6 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 30 |
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| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
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- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
We will use Dashboard for Wikipedia and for Commons, we will create a category and an upload page specific to the event.
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
3950000 ANG
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
4488 USD
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Yes
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