Wikimedia Community User Group Uganda/Events & Projects/Wikimania 2022/MARIA KYESUBIRE PATRICIA/Report

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How did you attend wikimania (virtually or in_person) ? I attended wikimania using my mobile phone using pheedloop. YouTube and attended the in-person event in Kampala at capital kitchen were we learnt alot and shared alot of ideas.

What did you spend the scholarship funds on ? I spent the scholarship funds on data , transport and some in my project.

Choose three specific wikimania sessions you attended and describe your take away per session. (a) Making meaning of knowledge equity and knowledge as a service (Maryana islander wikimedia foundation CEO) Knowledge equity opening all sources to co creation process for figuring out wikimedia movement and combination of social technique work. Knowledge as a service. Gathering all your knowledge out there, encouraging others to use knowledge we have and finding new audiences to get the knowledge.

(b)WiKiGLAM in latan. Building a regional perspective. Difficulties and limitations of WiKiGLAM in latan. Some of the difficulties include limited resources. GlAM's institutional structures. Misleading conceptions about going open. Prevalence of a global north perspective on how WiKiGLAM looks like.

(C) soft ware features to editors through a community driven compaign . How kartographer works.

4 How did you connect with other people during wikimania 2022.how did you celebrate at wikimania 2022. We connected virtually where I got to learn alot for example how kartographer works and how actually you can support each other for something to develop or grow. I also connected physically were I joined my fellow wikimedians of Uganda and we had alot to learn. Thanks to organisers.