Editatona by Asturian artists #25A | [WikiAsturianes]

> Theme

The past Saturday 25 April, Gijón once again became a meeting point for free knowledge with a gender perspective with the Editatona organized by Wikisphere, in coordination with the LABoral Center for Art and Industrial Creation and subsidized by the Ministry of Culture under the project “Creating free knowledge communities with a feminist approach”, co-financed by the Wikimedia Foundation.

The day, focused on the creation and translation of articles about Asturian artists, was held in the Archive of Asturian Artists LABoral Center for Art and Industrial Creation This allowed participants to work with materials and documentation that are often not available online, facilitating the creation of more comprehensive and better referenced articles.

This activity was the first editatona of Wikiesfera in Gijón and is part of the impulse to the local editing communities. Its objective was to give continuity to the work initiated in the Asturian territory, reinforcing the local node of publishers WikiAsturianes, which took its first steps in February 2025, and favouring the creation of an active network committed to free knowledge with a gender perspective.

In addition, with this project we connect the different nodes through the exchange of participants in the different activities, strengthening the network and shared learning. On this occasion we were accompanied by several companions of the Madrid nodes (Wikisphere), like Patricia Horrillo and Sylvia Hottinger, and Vigo (WikiMorada), Sabela Cebro, who were able to devirtualize and share knowledge with the editors of the Node of Asturias (Wikiasturianes). This diversity made the participants work in 3 languages, publishing their articles in 3 encyclopedias: Spanish Wikipedia, Asturian Wikipedia and Galician Wikipedia. In addition, tokens were created and completed in Wikidata and several images related to the theme were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

> Dissemination

This activity, apart from its dissemination by the institution in which it was developed, LABoral Center for Art and Industrial Creation, and that carried out by the social networks of Wikiesfera and WikiAsturiantes, had impact on various regional media:

> Expert

Intervention by Natalia Alonso Arduengo offered a clear and close tour of the Asturian art scene, with special attention to the place that women have occupied and occupy. From his experience in the cultural sector, he explained how not so long ago the presence of women in museums, exhibitions or public programs was very limited. Institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias are a good example of this slow change: For years there were hardly any individual exhibitions of women, something that only recently begins to balance.

Still, the trend is positive. In recent years there has been a increased presence of female artists, both in calls and in exhibition projects, and an increasingly active scene that addresses issues such as gender, memory or social conflicts from contemporary perspectives. Natalia gave concrete examples, such as the work of Sandra Paula Fernandez, to show how These creators are expanding stories and questioning stereotypes.. Despite all this positive reading, he recalled that there are still important challenges, especially with regard to job stability and sustained recognition within the artistic system.

You can listen to his speech in our IVOOX Channel.

> Results

  • Number of PARTICIPANTS: 18
  • Number of articles PUBLISHED: 21
  • Languages: 3 (Spanish, Asturian and Galician)

>> Articles published on Wikipedia in Spanish: 17

Biographies

  1. Marixa (1914-1995)
  2. Reyes Díaz Blanco (1948)
  3. Isabel Cuadrado (1965)
  4. Natalia Pastor (1970)
  5. Sandra Paula Fernandez (1972)
  6. Rebecca Menendez (1976)
  7. Irma Álvarez-Laviada (1978)
  8. Elena Rato (1979)
  9. Cristina Busto (1979)
  10. Kela Coto (1979)
  11. Natalia Alonso Arduengo (1984)
  12. Leticia Baselgas (1984)
  13. Noemi Churches Neighborhoods (1987)

Artworks

  1. The stall on my street, by Julia Alcayde
  2. Fruit, by Julia Alcayde
  3. Camino del Llosón, Spain, Carolina del Castillo 's
  4. Parisienne, Chechu Álava 's

>> Articles published on Wikipedia in Asturian: 3

  1. Julia Alcayde Montoya (1855-1939)
  2. Carolina del Castillo Díaz (1867-1933)
  3. Maruja Mallo (1902-1955)

>> Articles published on Wikipedia in Galician: 1

  1. Soledad Cordoba (1977)

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