GLAM/Model projects/Engaging a different language or cultural community

Languages

There are three reasons, and multiple ways, to approach communities of speakers of other languages;

To get them to write about subjects already covered in their primary language, on your language's Wikipedia
To get them to write about subjects already covered on your Wikipedia, in their primary language
To get them to use images made available by a GLAM in a different country with material that is about their country/culture

You may wish to:

approach local language colleges/schools; and individual teachers
use your Wikipedia's "Embassy" pages; or those on the target language Wikipedia - example: w:en:Wikipedia:Local_Embassy
contact Wikimedia chapters that use the target language (if any)

Cultural communities

Cultural communities include groups of people of different countries or ethnic groups (and so who may speak different languages; see above); people of particular faiths, people who have disabilities, women's groups (as Wikipedia/Wikimedia have a gender imbalance in favour of men) and others

Approach community leaders; existing organisations community centres, etc
- be open about that fact that you are outside the community concerned, and are seeking help in working with that community sensitively

Some resources

The skills and strategies for doing these sorts of projects are well developed in other fields. Here are some documents to develop resources from: