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Capturing “Her Life”, “Her Skills” and “Her Art”

Objective

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Documentation and promotion of rural lifestyle, traditional skills and art Sensitizing the new generation about women’s life and their creative skills To learn audio-visual documentation skills for enriching the Wikimedia projects

Type of Event/Activity

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  • The rural women are engaged in various activities as part of their daily life, livelihood and traditions. This small pilot project is taken up by women Wikimedians at Vigyan Ashram, aims to document ‘Her Life’, ‘Her Skills’ and ‘Her Art’ through creative audio-visuals.

Date of the Event/Activity

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  • Starting date - 18 April 2024

List of users who organized the Event/Activity

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Partner Institution or Organisation

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  • CIS-A2K (Centre for Internet and Society - Access to Knowledge)
  • Vigyan Ashram,Pabal

Program and Metrics

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Agenda/Program of the Event/Activity

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This is a short documentation project designed by Wikimedians at Vigyan Ashram under the ‘She Leads’ campaign. The members have finalized the following themes to document women’s life, skills and art in the form of photos, audios and videos. The team has identified different locations to document these aspects. The Wikimedians will interact with these different communities to explore the themes. They will also learn various technical skills during the process and the outputs would be uploaded on Wikimedia Commons.

  • A shepherd woman's life (धनगर समाजातील महिलेचे दैनंदिन आयुष्य)
  • Cleaning of grain (सुपाचा वापर करून धान्य निवडणे )
  • Plastering of the wall and yard with dung & soil (भिंत व अंगण शेणाने, मातीने सारवणे)
  • Basket and article making using bamboo (बांबूचा वापर करून टोपली आणि इरले बनवणे)
  • Broom making (केरसुणी तयार करणे)

Report

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"On March 8, 2024, a campaigning competition was organized by the Center for Internet and Society Knowledge. The Marathi Wikipedia team of Vigyan Ashram participated in this competition and chose the topic 'Her Skill, Her Life, and Her Art'. Their project aimed to document various activities through audio that people engage in as part of their livelihood and traditional way of life."

To shoot this video, we visited various places in the rural areas of Pune district, including Amboli, Vadhu Khurd, Pabal, and Manchar, where we completed the filming."

Capturing “Her Life”, “Her Skills” and “Her Art”

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Broom Making
 
Cleaning of grain
 
Grinding Grain 2
 
Shepherd Women's Life 2
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