In 2025, BUAP launched its Programa Open BAM for the promotion of open data and participatory approaches among heritage institutions in the State of Puebla. The programme has been inspired by the Open GLAM principles adopted by the international OpenGLAM Working Group of the Open Knowledge Foundation in 2013.
These principles stipulate how heritage institutions shall support the advance of humanity’s knowledge by opening up their collections. The five rules heritage institutions are invited to follow are:
- Release digital information about the artifacts (metadata) into the public domain using an appropriate legal tool […]
- Keep digital representations of works for which copyright has expired (public domain) in the public domain by not adding new rights to them.
- When publishing data make an explicit and robust statement of your wishes and expectations with respect to reuse and repurposing […]
- When publishing data use open file formats which are machine-readable.
- Opportunities to engage audiences in novel ways on the web should be pursued
For more info, check out the full version of the international OpenGLAM Working Group’s OpenGLAM Principles
2025 y 2026
Hackatón BAM BUAP
Annual open cultural data hackathon; an event and methodology bringing together groups of people from diverse backgrounds to collaborate on the creation and development of projects based on cultural heritage data
CultureFLOW
A methodology encouraging and facilitating public participation and artistic creation around themes related to cultural heritage
2026
WikiClub
A collaboration format bringing together members of the academic community interested in contributing to Wikimedia projects and fostering such activities by organizing trainings and joint contribution efforts
Wiki Loves Collective Memories
An international campaign inviting heritage organizations, artists, Wikimedia volunteers, and other interested people around the world to document, share, engage with, reinterpret, and reenact our collective memories together