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Report of activities for 2025 - GLAMs and Culture

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symbol for this area First semester

Expanding access to scientific memory: the GLAM-Wiki partnership with Casa de Oswaldo Cruz/Fiocruz

Promotional video of the activities and partnership with Casa de Oswaldo Cruz

In May 2025, through the GLAM-Wiki partnership with Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Wikimedia Brasil began uploading the personal book collection of Oswaldo Cruz to make it freely accessible through the Wikimedia platforms.[1] This collection, focused on the history of science and public health, was digitized by the institution and systematically uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. The initiative directly contributes to expanding access to Brazil's scientific memory, with a total of 122 rare books and nearly 50,000 files made available, alongside the creation of more than 440 structured data items.[1]

This activity aligns with the chapter's strategic goal of fostering and diversifying partnerships for free knowledge in Brazil. It highlights the value of institutional collaboration to preserve and disseminate scientific heritage. Beyond quantitative results, the project strengthened ties with Fiocruz, deepened institutional engagement, and promoted the visibility of reliable historical sources.[2] The effort exemplifies how Wikimedia platforms can support the democratization of access to rare and culturally significant materials.[3]


symbol for this area Second semester

My School, Our Heritage

slides presentation about the project
slides presentation about the Commons in the Classroom Students Mapping Brazilian Heritage project

In 2025, Wikimedia Brasil advanced its educational mission through the project Commons in the Classroom: Students Mapping Brazilian Heritage,[4][5] which mobilized students and teachers across some Brazilian cities to document and improve information about their local cultural and educational heritage. Responding to the new national restrictions on mobile device use in schools, the initiative demonstrated legally permitted pedagogical applications of smartphones by integrating them into heritage education, digital literacy, and collaborative knowledge production. Through a combination of training sessions, a Massive Open Online Course, and hands-on field activities, participants learned to photograph cultural sites, structure data on Wikidata, and contribute directly to Wikimedia Commons. The project engaged 139 registered students and teachers, trained 136 participants, and resulted in 5488 freely licensed photographs and structured data contributions,[6] expanding access to high-quality visual and contextual information about Brazil's historical schools and local memory institutions.[7][8][9][10][11]

This work aligns with global agendas for information integrity and safe digital environments, reinforcing commitments shared with UNESCO and the Global Digital Compact. By enabling communities to build public visual narratives rooted in their own territories, the project strengthened epistemic protagonism and civic belonging while enhancing the visibility of historically significant sites. It also contributed directly to SDG 4 by expanding learning opportunities and fostering critical engagement with cultural heritage. Beyond the quantitative metrics, the initiative showcased how Wikimedia platforms can support innovative teaching practices, reliable open educational resources, and the democratization of cultural knowledge in Brazil.



Operational and General metrics

Operational and General metrics
Activity Metrics S1 S2 Total References
Community Sessions Number of sessions 3 7 10 [12] [13] [14] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [15] [5]
Number of Wikimedia agencies engaged 6 1 7 [12] [14] [5]
Capacity Building Number of initiatives 4 - 4 [16] [17] [18] [19]
Partnerships Number of new partnership ratifications 3 - 3 [20] [21] [22]
Number of activated partnerships 18 8 26 [23] [24] [18] [25] [13] [26] [17] [14] [2] [7] [11] [10] [9] [8]
Programs and Campaigns Number of activities 1 2 3 [27] [28] [29]
Communications Deliverables Number of community publications 5 2 7 [30] [31] [26] [32] [2] [33] [34]
Research Number of new research outputs 1 - 1 [35]
Resources Number of resources 10 27 37 [36] [12] [37] [19] [13] [1] [4] [28] [15] [5]
- Number of participants 381 220 601 [17] [18] [19] [13] [14] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [15] [5]
Number of editors 191 142 333 [16] [17] [18] [19] [27] [29]
Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities 56 73 129 [16] [17] [18] [19] [27] [29]
Number of organizers 47 13 60 [38] [30] [39] [35] [36] [40] [23] [24] [20] [41] [16] [12] [42] [17] [22] [21] [31] [43] [37] [18] [19] [25] [13] [26] [32] [14] [27] [2] [1] [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [6] [28] [44] [33] [34] [29] [15] [45] [5]
Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities 23 5 28 [38] [30] [39] [35] [36] [40] [23] [24] [20] [41] [16] [12] [42] [17] [22] [21] [31] [43] [37] [18] [19] [25] [13] [26] [32] [27] [2] [1] [4] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [6] [28] [44] [33] [34] [29] [15] [45] [5]
Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors 9 61 70 [27] [29]
Number of pages improved or created on Wikipedia 306 - 306 [17] [27]
Number of media files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons 54904 29343 84247 [40] [23] [16] [43] [25] [1] [6] [29]
Number of items created or improved on Wikidata 5008 8186 13194 [38] [23] [24] [41] [43] [27] [1] [44] [45]
Number of pages or materials created or edited on Wikiversity - 15 15 [4]
Number of pages created or improved on Wikisource - 27 27 [46]

References

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Upload of medias and metadata (1, 2, 3 and 4) - Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
  2. ↑ a b c d e GLAM Newsletter - May
  3. ↑ video about the partnership and activities with Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
  4. ↑ a b c d e Minha escola, nosso patrimônio
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g Commons in the Classroom: Students Mapping Brazilian Heritage (Creative Commons Open Culture Platform Meeting)
  6. ↑ a b c d Photographs of the Minha escola, nosso patrimônio project
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Minha escola, nosso patrimônio - Colégio Central da Bahia
  8. ↑ a b c d e f Minha escola, nosso patrimônio - Colégio Estadual Ypiranga
  9. ↑ a b c d e f Minha escola, nosso patrimônio - Colégio Estadual Azevedo Fernandes
  10. ↑ a b c d e f Minha escola, nosso patrimônio - Escola Municipal João Lino
  11. ↑ a b c d e f Minha escola, nosso patrimônio - Instituto Nossa Senhora da Piedade
  12. ↑ a b c d e Inspiring Open: A Journey through Open Wikimedia with Sandra Soster Wiki In Africa: Decolonising knowledge on Wikipedia (slides)
  13. ↑ a b c d e f Launching of Every Book Its Reader 2025
  14. ↑ a b c d e Arquivos, museus e bibliotecas como espaços de produção de conhecimento
  15. ↑ a b c d e Live "Conheça as imagens vencedoras do Wiki Loves Monuments Brasil 2025!"
  16. ↑ a b c d e f Photowalk in Ilha de Cotijuba, Pará
  17. ↑ a b c d e f g h Edit-a-thon Presença Negra no Arquivo
  18. ↑ a b c d e f g Edit-a-thon Xojobil e os Chiapas na Wiki
  19. ↑ a b c d e f g Desvendando o Wikibase: Potencializando a Gestão de Acervos de Bibliotecas
  20. ↑ a b c GLAM-Wiki partnership with Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
  21. ↑ a b c GLAM-Wiki partnership with Museu da Imagem e do Som do Rio de Janeiro
  22. ↑ a b c GLAM-Wiki partnership with Federação Brasileira de Associações de Bibliotecários, Cientistas de Informação e Instituições
  23. ↑ a b c d e Upload of medias (1 and 2) and metadata (1, 2, 3 and 4) - Música Brasilis
  24. ↑ a b c d Upload of metadata (1 and 2) - Fauna of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
  25. ↑ a b c d Upload of medias - Arquivo Nacional
  26. ↑ a b c d GLAM Newsletter - March
  27. ↑ a b c d e f g h Every Book Its Reader 2025 Campaign
  28. ↑ a b c d Commons in the Classroom: Students Mapping Brazilian Heritage communication campaign
  29. ↑ a b c d e f g Wiki Loves Monuments 2025 in Brazil
  30. ↑ a b c GLAM Newsletter - January
  31. ↑ a b c GLAM Newsletter - February
  32. ↑ a b c Diff post: 'Redenção': Os vencedores do Wiki Loves Monuments 2024
  33. ↑ a b c GLAM Newsletter - June
  34. ↑ a b c GLAM Newsletter - August
  35. ↑ a b c Contribuições da comunidade Wikimedia na representatividade do patrimônio edificado dos estados contemplados pela iniciativa Wiki Loves Estado (in print)
  36. ↑ a b c Parcerias GLAM-Wiki
  37. ↑ a b c "Parcerias GLAM-Wiki" for potential GLAM partners
  38. ↑ a b c Assets from the Inventário de azulejos do Maranhão (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11)
  39. ↑ a b Participation on the Wikimedian Libriaries Conference
  40. ↑ a b c Upload of medias (1, 2 and 3) - Associação dos Procuradores do Estado de São Paulo
  41. ↑ a b c Imaterial assets from Maranhão (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
  42. ↑ a b Participation on the Wikisource Conference
  43. ↑ a b c d Upload of metadata (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) - Flora of Maranhão
  44. ↑ a b c Removal of geographic coordinates from quilombo items
  45. ↑ a b c Upload of metadata (1) - Ornamental Lighting Fixtures by Light
  46. ↑ Introdução ao Wikisource para bibliotecas, arquivos, museus e outras instituições de memória (recordings 1 2 and 3)


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