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10:00 AM-3:00 PM

Curating Historical Texts on Wikisource

Workshop|Historical text transcription workshop

  • Balai Sastra Hans Bague Jassin, Jakarta Pusat

  • Indonesian
  • Free | With registration
  • Part of series: Digital Discourses 2026
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Digital Discourses 2026 © Goethe-Institut Indonesia - Each Other Company

Digital Discourses 2026 © Goethe-Institut Indonesia - Each Other Company

This workshop introduces participants to the process of transcribing texts and historical manuscripts on Wikisource, an online library platform for free access to and sharing of texts.

Participants will also be guided to understand the open knowledge ecosystem and how this approach strengthens the preservation of cultural heritage, expands access to knowledge, and increases public awareness of openly licensed materials.

Through hands-on practice, participants will learn the transcription workflow, text alignment, and publication stages, so that the resulting work can be accessed and used widely by the public.

Together with

  • is a long-time Wikimedian and advocate for the Javanese script, with a particular interest in digitisation, curation, and transliteration. Graduated with a degree in Computer Science, he has since shifted his focus towards languages, translation, and artificial intelligence. He has contributed to a wide range of Wikimedia and wiki-based projects since 2003.

  • is a volunteer in the Wikimedia Indonesia community who actively contributes to Indonesian Wikisource. She has participated in projects such as Sedelinggam, Indrakila, Candramawa, manuscript upload workshops, Wikisource training, film transclusion training, and WikiTutur. These initiatives focus on preserving manuscripts, transcribing videos, and supporting regional languages. She also won the Wikipabukon competition and received the Best New Wikimedia Volunteer award in 2022.

  • is a Library Science graduate from the University of Indonesia and a volunteer in the Wikimedia ecosystem who actively contributes to the Indonesian Wikisource project. In early 2026, he took part in the WikiCandramawa grant project, which focused on transcribing public domain films on Wikisource. In his spare time, he enjoys reading novels and watching classic films.

  • is an education advocate, freelance writer, and member of the Indonesian Wikisource community. She actively contributes to open knowledge, literacy, digital documentation, and cultural preservation through projects such as Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Wiki Perempuan, Wikipabukon, and Javanese Wikisource projects. Her contributions have earned recognition through several Wikimedia competitions and writing contests focused on safeguarding cultural heritage.

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