Wikimedia CH and the Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts (SAPA) have launched a partnership to promote archives and data about the performing arts in Switzerland.
The SAPA Foundation collects, documents, archives and promotes works in the field of the performing arts (dance, theatre, performance) that have been produced in Switzerland, are related to Switzerland or are significant for Switzerland. All these documents form the Helvetica of the Performing Arts.
A first milestone has been reached in August 2024 (update on 05 sept. 2024)
In the first half of 2024, over 11,000 new entries related to Swiss performing arts productions were created in Wikidata. These entries represent nearly 20 percent of all productions documented by the SAPA Foundation – marking a first milestone in the collaboration between the two organisations.
Sandra Becker and Flor Méchain, as representatives of the GLAM programme of Wikimedia CH, promoted the data import through multiple sessions and also provided practical programming assistance. Their enthusiasm helped to spread the passion for open-source projects to the working team. ‘We repeatedly highlighted the potential of open data and demonstrated how visibility can be increased by making the data freely available for further research,’ reports GLAM Lead Sandra Becker.
The SAPA team has compiled a detailed report on this first stage of our collaboration.
Both organisations will continue to work to make this heritage more visible and accessible.
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