Local Content BPF: Call for contributions on preserving and sharing local culture, history and content at risk as a result of political shifts and upheaval

The BPF on Local Content is exploring how the Internet can be used to preserve local language and cultural heritage, particularly in current contexts where cultural and linguistic diversity, artefacts and histories are at risk as a result of political and social shifts and upheaval. The BPF is putting out a call for contributions to help gather examples and best practices of how digital technologies and the Internet can be used to promote, preserve and share local culture and content. The BPF would also like to identify best practices of how
to manage and promote the digitisation of existing analogue content (printed and electronic media, cinema, music, visual arts etc.) and services.

Please help us by sharing your experience, expertise, concerns, questions and examples of challenges and responses to those challenges.

1. Are there specific issues and challenges in your country or region which should be considered in the 2019 BPF local content"s discussions on the preservation of local language, history and/or cultural heritage? If so, can you please share a short description and add relevant links and references?

2. What do you think are the greatest threats to the preservation of local language and cultural heritage that the BPF should take into account in its work?

3. Are there specific areas of competence in your country or region related to digital technologies and the Internet that could be used to promote, preserve and share local culture, history, language and content? If so, can you please share a short description and add relevant links and references?

4. Please list examples of how digital technologies and the Internet are used to promote, preserve and share local culture, history, language, heritage and content? Please add URLs or other references of these examples and provide a short description.

4. How does the quality and type of their internet connection impact on the type of economic activity that women and LGBTQI engage in? For example, if they do not have access to affordable high speed broadband connectivity, or if their access is primarily through social networking platforms?Please list examples of how digital technologies and the Internet are used to promote, preserve and share local culture, history, language, heritage and content? Please add URLs or other references of these examples and provide a short description.

5. Are there specific policy interventions and recommendations that the BPF should consider or develop in order to maximise the use of the Internet and digital technologies to help preserve, promote and share local language and cultural heritage?

6. What specific cases or examples of best practices related to this year’s theme would you propose for inclusion in the BPF Local Content panel that will take place at the global IGF in Berlin?