Oral culture is a culture where tradition or lore (knowledge, laws, art, ideas and other cultural material) are transmitted without a writing system. If the word culture is embarrassing, let's talk about orality.
Keep in mind : Culture is not only language. The language is only one of multiple medium of culture transmission. There is lot of different medium as pictures or draws, music or sounds, all kind of body or face expression, practices as social behaviours, handicraft, agricultural practices, martial arts, etc. All of this previous example take part of humans cultures and knowledge transmitted form holder to younger people members of communities.
Example of oral culture and culture of oral origin:
In Ghana, students textbook are in English since the beginning of education and ethnic languages are not teach in school More than this all Ghanaians don't go to school and a significant part of the country side population don't read any language.
Making Wikimedia projects accessible and understandable for people who can't read or don't want to read. (Dyslexia, Youtube generation, difficulty reading a language that you have not learned in school).
Including oral culture knowledge inside Wikimedia ecosystem : Amadou Hampâté Bà said : « In Africa, When An Old Man Dies, It’s A Library Burning ».
Wikipedia English language editors in the world (2011).English Wikipedia readers in the world (2011).
Cultural diversity and endangered languages : ""Endangered languages are mainly unwritten language [...] Only one third of some 6,000 languages existing in the world are both written and spoken. I do not think that the Web will contribute to the loss of the identity of languages and I even have the feeling that, long-term, it will strengthen this identity. For instance, an increasing number of American Indians linguists to ask them to write the grammar of their language and to assist them in compiling dictionaries. For them, the Web is an instrument that is both accessible and very precious for cultural express. " (Robert Bea, 1999)[1].
Body knowledge still not include in Wikimedia project.
Western culture not a neutral position or point of view.
Wikimedia cant be the reference position.
Oral culture is not only language.
Oral culture also disappear in western countries.
Traditional knowledge don't need a new project but have to be include in actual ones.
Wikimedia commons must be adapted for oral and traditional knowledge.
Wikimedia commons must stop focussing on wikipedia needs but be attentive to others opportunities.
Wikimedia projects data articulation is done in the frame of a global western style and culture that loose many symbolic or semantic part of other cultures.
It's important to start oral Wikimedia projects from and with the traditional communities and not bringing western dreams every where in the world.
