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Import-Export of Contemporary African art The Dakar Biennale and Wikipedia as systems of knowledge distribution and sharking. Iolanda Pensa [email protected], http://iopensa.it Séminaire Histoire des arts de l’Afrique, INHA, Paris, 13/11/2013.

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Import-Export of Contemporary African artThe Dakar Biennale and Wikipediaas systems of knowledge distribution and sharking.

Iolanda Pensa [email protected], http://iopensa.itSéminaire Histoire des arts de l’Afrique, INHA, Paris, 13/11/2013.

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© Iman Issa, Going Places, Cairo, 2003.

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© Iman Issa, Going Places, Cairo, 2003.

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© Paola Di Bello, Paris, 1994.

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1990 1992 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

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Dak’Art - Biennale de Dakar.

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Wikipedia. © & ™ All rights reserved, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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Creative Commons licenses.

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© Hala Elkoussy, (re)construction, 2003..

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© Tsesler & Voichenko, Welcome, Minsk, Road sign.

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© Mounir Fatmi, Les connexions, 2003-2004, installation

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© Paola Di Bello, Paris, 1994.

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Soweto uprising.

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© Rasheed Araeen.

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Chimurenga Library network.

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Connecting Cultures.

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© CulturesFrance (with Labiomatic) Visual Identity, project not selected, 2006.

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Pro Helvetia, website, still 2008.

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Africa Remix.

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Biennial Foundation website, still 2010.

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1990 1992 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

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Dak’Art - Biennale de Dakar.

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Structure of Dak’Art - Biennale de Dakar, Iolanda Pensa and Federica Verona, cc by-sa.

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© Tsesler & Voichenko.

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© Samuel Fosso, La Femme américaine libérée des années 70, Série Tati, autoportrait I-V, 1997, coloured photography. In Africa Remix, p. 124.

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© Basim Magdy, Superman Will Save Us All, Cairo, 2002, postcard.

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Site-specific events and institutions in Dakar, Iolanda Pensa and Stefano Baseggio, 2005, cc by-sa.

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Study of contemporary African Art patterns, exhibitions and publications, 1960-2005, Iolanda Pensa, cc by.sa.

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Wikipedia. © & ™ All rights reserved, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.

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© Information Architects, Web Trand Map 2007/V2, 2007.

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Chris Harrison, WikiViz, 2006

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Wikipedia Zero.

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Kiwix, Wikipedia offline.

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Framasoft et Wikimedia France proposent en 2012 une clé USB contenant l'encyclopédie libre Wikipédia accompagnée de plusieurs dizaines de logiciels libres.

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© Jane Alexander, Courtesy Africa Screams, Vienna, 2004.

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© Bili Bidjocka, Ecriture Infinie, http://www.ecritureinfinie.org.

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© Mounir Fatmi, Sortir de l'histoire, 2005-2006, cassettes VHS, photos, sons et vidéo.

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Erik Zachte, May 2011. CC BY-SA

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© Maha Maamoun, Going Places: A Project for Public Busses, Le Caire, 2003-2004.

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© Yinka Shonibare, Scramble for Africa, 2000 in Looking Both Ways: Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora, 2003. Commissioned by and courtesy Museum for African Art NY.

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© Mounir Fatmi, G8 Les balais, 2004, installation.

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© Goddy Leye, We are the world, 2006, still from video.

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Creative Commons licenses.

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Robin Good, http://www.masternewmedia.org

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© Lara Baladi.

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Far usare le licenze a istituzioni

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Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco, Milano, Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

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The National Archives UK, Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

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National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

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WikiAfrica/Share Your Knowledge 2012. Iolanda Pensa, status report with mistakes, 2013, CC by-sa. Status http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Case_studies/WikiAfrica/Share_Your_Knowledge/Institutions

Event: conference/training/workshop

Research

Archives

Wiki Loves Monuments

Notebooks (Detour, myDetour, WikiAfrica special editions)

Presentations and events

Creative Commons affiliate

Orange and Orange Foundation (free Wikipedia on mobile phones)

Brooklyn MuseumFeed My Starving Children

International Institute for Communication and Development

Sustainable Sanitation AllianceHeinrich-Böll-StiftungAfricaFilms.tv

Western Province Government – Department of museums - 28 museums in Western Cape Province, South Africa, Bartolomeu Dias Museum, Beaufort-West Museum, Caledon Museum, Cango Caves Museum, Cape Medical Museum, CP Nel Museum, Drostdy Museum, Fransie Pienaar Museum, Genadendal Mission Museum, George Museum, Groot-Brakrivier Museum, Hout Bay Museum, Huguenot Memorial Museum, Jan Dankaert Museum, Koopmans De Wet House Museum, Montagu Museum, Old Harbour Museum, Paarl Museum, Robertson Museum, SA Fisheries Museum, Sendinggestig(Missionary)Museum, Shipwreck Museum, Simon's Town Museum, Stellenbosch Museum, Transport Riders Museum, Wellington Museum, Wheat Industry Museum, Worcester Museum

Gambia National Museum

Sungani Zakwathu Cultural Heritage PromotionsPostal Museum, Matengatenga, Malawi

Zanzibar National Museum

Phuthidikabo Museum, Mochudi, BotswanaSeychelles People Defense

Forces Museum (SPDF)

Uganda National Museum

Dataset of administrations in Botswana

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doual’art Douala Cameroon, Wikimedia Commons, cc by-sa.

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List of public art in Douala, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_Douala, Wikipedia, cc by-sa.

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DensityDesign Research Lab-INDACO Department Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione Cariplo on Wikipedia in Italian, 09/2011, CC BY-SA.

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© Fabio Vanin, Maputo, città aperta: Indagini su una capitale africana, Ph.D. dissertation, Università IUAV di Venezia, 2009, n. 12. Comparative analysis of the porosity of a formal and informal settlement of Maputo.

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© Chacho Pueble, his great-aunt and photos by his sister Lula, http://www.behance.net/gallery/Grandmother-Tips/2392946.

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Iolanda Pensa, http://iopensa.it, 13/11/2013.