2024:Program/Open Space Workshop for Wikimedians in Residence

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Session title: Open Space Workshop for Wikimedians in Residence

Session type: Workshop

Track: GLAM

Language: en

Wikimedians in residence are a key component of the global open culture movement as in many cases they are the frontrunners of open access to culture in countless institutions; helping to open up collections and entire cultures to the eyes and wonder of people across the globe. This workshop will focus on skills sharing, cross-pollinating, and co-learning about how cultural heritage institutions are launched into open. Imagine a series of discussions and conversations organised in concentric and overlapping circles, each delving into key topics for the open culture movement.

Description

The workshop is structured around an Open Space Technology framework from Liberating Structures.

As facilitators Creative Commons will propose a number of topics for small group discussion, learning and exploration, mainly around copyright licensing and rights clearance as well as attribution and giving credit to collections institutions.

Participants are invited to contribute in the moment with additional subjects for discussion and exploration. This can be subjects of importance to individuals, or specific groups as well. Each discussion will be harvested using a template to highlight and gather key points for future use. To ensure broad engagement and participation over the 85min session the activity will be divided into two rounds so that participants have an opportunity to discuss and engage on at least 2 topics.

The overall aim and objective is to bring together a very active group from the Wikimedia community and learn and discuss best practices together. Wikimedians in residence have a wealth of knowledge and experience that can remain isolated or not shared, and Wikimania is a great convening opportunity to distill this knowledge and expertise collectively and in an engaging way.

Wikimedians in Residence are, as mentioned previously, frontrunners for the Open Culture movement which we can all learn from and find ways to support and collaborate with.

Session recording: https://www.youtube.com/live/V_zKO-4P9J4?feature=shared&t=22270

How does your session relate to the event theme, Collaboration of the Open?

The Creative Commons Open Culture Program supports advocates and activists around the world who are working to promote open access to cultural heritage. Wikimedians in residence are a key component of the global open culture movement as in many cases they are the frontrunners of open access to culture in countless institutions; helping to open up collections and entire cultures to the eyes and wonder of people across the globe. This workshop will focus on skills sharing, cross-pollinating, and co-learning about how cultural heritage institutions are launched into open. Imagine a series of discussions and conversations organised in concentric and overlapping circles, each delving into key topics for the open culture movement. This includes: What is step one for going open? Tips and tricks for organising the data The art of the sale; convincing decision makers to go open! Copyright, licensing, and all things Creative Commons And much more! The workshop aims to support those working in the field with an opportunity to learn from each other and gather insights from each other about the mission critical work we all do. Besides being advocates for Wikimedia, Wikimedia Commons, and all the wiki projects, the Wikimedians in Residence are pioneers for Creative Commons as well as the entire open movement.

What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Some experience will be needed

Speakers

• Connor Benedict

I am Connor Benedict, the Open Culture Coordinator at Creative Commons. The Open Culture Program focuses on developing policy, at a national, international, and multinational level as well as for institutions, capacity building activities such as the Creative Commons Certificate for Open Culture, open infrastructure, such as the CC Copyright Licenses and Public Domain Tools, and community engagement such as participating in and hosting events related to open culture, copyright, and the open movement.