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Beyond the Wikipedian-in-Residence, or How to Keep the Flame Burning
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were offered as a prize for participants (Librosb4tipos, 2019), and together with CEAS and the Institute of Ecology, we co-organized a rich round table with scientists, anthropologists, and sociologists to discuss gender, catholic feminism, feminist anthropology, and other fascinating subjects (see Mesa Redonda—Haciendo y Deshaciendo El Género, 2018).

Figure 4 Official poster for the indigenous languages at the BDCV (left) and press-printed poster by Ombligo del Libro. One poster with a digital image and information event; the other with press-printed letters.


In like manner, the indigenous languages edit-a-thon was organized by our university’s Center for Linguistics studies’ reference librarian Israel Escobar, whose doctoral research explored variations on contemporary Nahuatl writing (Escobar Farfán, 2019). Among other things, he was in charge of reactivating our institutional connections with the Summer Institute of Linguistics, the Nanginá Research and Intercultural Services Cabinet, and Mexico’s Wikimedia Chapter (see figure 4, left). Like in the previous example, this edit-a-thon would not have been the same without the community support provided by Mixtec activist Verónica Aguilar who partnered with the craft binder