Re: [Gendergap] No Sources - argh!

[Erin O'Rourke]

Thanks Kaldari and Andreas, I appreciate the feedback!

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Re: [Gendergap] No sources - argh!!

[Ryan Kaldari]

Does Urubamba have a library? If they do, I would check there first and 
ask the librarian if they have any books on local history/culture. If 
not, you may want to check out http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oral_citations


Ryan Kaldari

On 10/24/11 9:03 PM, Erin O'Rourke wrote:

Hey all,

I'm currently living in Urubamba, Peru I want to improve the article 
on the town. Unfortunately I'm not sure where to start given so little 
is published about it. My efforts to find history I could source has 
come up with little to nothing, but given I'm living here I now know 
the official founding date of the town is November 9th and is 
considered a holiday. That's just one example of the many things I'm 
finding out that one would never find published. I'm thinking not but 
I figured I'd ask anyway - does Wikipedia make any provision for local 
or unsourced knowledge?


Also, I think the question is relevant and interesting to this list if 
only in terms of what kind of information is privileged as important 
enough to get published - there is much in the way of critiquing 
knowledge regarded as official due to its published status while 
minority, indigenous and womens' voices go unheard due to power 
structures that result in erasure.


Any feedback would be much appreciated!

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Re: [Gendergap] No sources - argh!!

[Andreas K.]

Hi Erin,

There is a mention of a law (Ley disponiendo que la Villa de Urubamba se
denomine Benemérita Ciudad de Urubamba) enacted on 9 November 1839 here:

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pi9FYAAJpg=PA391dq=urubamba+%229+de+noviembre%22+OR+%229+november%22hl=enei=qounTvuGK4Ku8gOukLmvDwsa=Xoi=book_resultct=resultresnum=3ved=0CD4Q6AEwAg#v=onepageq=urubamba%20%229%20de%20noviembre%22%20OR%20%229%20november%22f=false

There is a little more about the reason for the more distinguished title
here (third page spread, under the heading Benemérita / Fuera Santa Cruz):

http://issuu.com/educayturismo/docs/educa_y_turismo

It's not much, but better than nothing. :)

Andreas

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 5:03 AM, Erin O'Rourke orourk...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hey all,

 I'm currently living in Urubamba, Peru I want to improve the article on the
 town. Unfortunately I'm not sure where to start given so little is published
 about it. My efforts to find history I could source has come up with little
 to nothing, but given I'm living here I now know the official founding date
 of the town is November 9th and is considered a holiday. That's just one
 example of the many things I'm finding out that one would never find
 published. I'm thinking not but I figured I'd ask anyway - does Wikipedia
 make any provision for local or unsourced knowledge?

 Also, I think the question is relevant and interesting to this list if only
 in terms of what kind of information is privileged as important enough to
 get published - there is much in the way of critiquing knowledge regarded as
 official due to its published status while minority, indigenous and womens'
 voices go unheard due to power structures that result in erasure.

 Any feedback would be much appreciated!

 --
 Erin O'Rourke
 http://erin-orourke.com

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