Wikimedia M=?iso-8859-1?Q?=E9xico_?=get its first working partnership with the Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City

[Rudy Troike]

(Leigh Thelmadatter is one of the graduates of our English Language/
Linguistics program at the University of Arizona.)

  --Rudy

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Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 08:00:08 -0700
From: Leigh Thelmadatter <osamadre at HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Wikimedia México get its first working partnership with the
          Museo de Arte Popular in Mexico City

Many of you know I'm involved with this but for those who do not:

Wikimedia México is a non profit educational organization affiliated with the
Wikimedia Foundation..... the parent of Wikipedia.  The purpose of Wikimedia
Mexico is to work with the parent foundation to improve the content of
Wikipedia and affiliated projects such as the free use image library Wikimedia
Commons. Wikimedia México focuses on the languages spoken in Mexico (yes,
there is more than one) and content related to Mexico.

One of the functions of Wikimedia is an international program called GLAM
(Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) which seeks to form partnerships
with these kinds of insititutions. There are many now affiliated mostly in
Europe and secondly in the States.

Wikimedia México has its first museum partnership with the Museo de Arte
Popular in Mexico, a museum dedicated to Mexican handcrafts and folk arts along
with the cultural, social and environmental issues associated with them. Few
tourists realize that there is a LOT behind that cute doll, mask, pottery or
other items that are sold. This museum will work with us improving content and
we will help them by getting more word out about them and Mexican handcrafts
and folk art.

The official announcement

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_M%C3%A9xico/Museo_de_Arte_Popular_de_la_Ciudad_de_M%C3%A9xico/en

WP's article on the museum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_de_Arte_Popular,_Mexico_City

WP's article on Mexican handcrafts and folk art

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_handcrafts_and_folk_art

The last two were written by yours truly....


Leigh

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