Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Folklore documentation of Tulunadu's Pursereg‌ kaṭṭuna (ID: 22024884)

statusFunded
Folklore documentation of Tulunadu's Pursereg‌ kaṭṭuna
proposed start date2023-02-01
proposed end date2023-09-30
grant start date2023-02-01T00:00:00Z
grant end date2023-09-30T00:00:00Z
budget (local currency)405000 INR
budget (USD)4950 USD
amount recommended (USD)4950
grant typeWikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)
funding regionSA
decision fiscal year2022-23
applicant• BHARATHESHA ALASANDEMAJALU
organization (if applicable)• Karavali Wikimedians User Group
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Applicant Details edit

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

BHARATHESHA ALASANDEMAJALU

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

Vishwanatha Badikana, ‎ChiK

Organization

Karavali Wikimedians User Group

Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.

KARAVALI WIKIMEDIANS USER GROUP

Grant Proposal edit

M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Folklore documentation of Tulunadu's Pursereg‌ kaṭṭuna

Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)

Local

Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.


R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.

1. https://www.facebook.com/groups/TuluWikipedia/

2. https://twitter.com/karavaliwiki
1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.

Tulunadu is the name of coastal Karnataka. Different communities and religions cohabit in this small version of India. They are intrinsically connected to the regional tradition and culture and relate to the way of life. The region exhibits a complex universe of behaviours, rituals, beliefs, traditions, and entertainment. It is essential to appreciate the meaning, nature, and structure of these practices to understand their purpose in a traditional Tuluva community.

Pursere kattuna and purusa makksla kunita, is a type of traditional and religious dance. In the Tulu calendar month of Suggi, the Tulu Gowda people of Sullia, Belthangady, and Puttur celebrate a full-moon summer dance. Siddavesha performs from late at night until early in the morning and visits every stratum of society's homes.

It is important that the Siddavesha/Pursere Kattuna Folk Art should be documented. This folk art has not received patronage from the public as much as other public art forms. Customs and costumes are fading with each year, and soon they will all be a thing of the past. Therefore, it is crucial to document and safeguard the cultural ethos for upcoming generations.

There are more than 20-30 artists who are taking different characters and making this documentation. There are a number of different characters performing Dasayya, Bhatru, Sansyasi, Koraga, Koti Chennaya, Beetle Purbu, Byari, piliyesa etc. Therefore, we would like to record this oral history of culture through reports, photos, and videos, with text-performance documentation of folk dance. For that, we want to be in touch with the local people and persuade them to record the explicit expression of their capabilities. We've already attempted to communicate with the people. Still, some rituals will be performed at the most auspicious time of day or night, according to the Tulu calendar, either during the day or after sunset.

2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

1. Visiting the residents and learning the significance of the documentation of Purusha Kattuna/Siddavesha.

2. In search of already published papers and articles ( recently there is no development).
3. Assembling the group of folklorists and performing arts specialists.
4. Since we previously took a two-day Photothon of Siddavesha, we are mentally ready for detailed documentation. (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sidda_Vesha,_Live_-_Text,_Performance,_Documentation)
5. We’ve already contacted the videographer's team experts, who specialise in documenting late-night performance folk art.
6. Our team of Karavali Wikimedians User Group maintain consistent oversight over implementation to ensure that things go smoothly Keep a close eye on potential problems, and address any issues in a timely manner. Define metrics to measure success, and continually monitor them to make sure our documentation is on track.
3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

To achieve the goal of this project, different activities will be carried out. They include

1. Organise internet and print media outreach to acquire more data.
2. Find the volunteers this initiative needs to be successful. One who has previously worked in folklore documentation
3. Plan at least two or three field trips to capture Siddavesha folklore as told or displayed by Tulu natives.
4. Identify and select sites or locations for documentation.
5. We will make sure that photographers work in various areas as part of our approach. Having photographers work at a different locations is a successful technique to achieve the required outcomes
6. We will equally organise an upload-a-thon and an edit-a-thon after the recording. This is to enable us to upload the multimedia files to Wikimedia Commons and thereafter link the files to relevant Wikipedia articles.
4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.

Other (please specify)

Wiki Loves Folklore
5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
  • Bharathesha Alasandemajalu - Programme coordinator, responsible for the overall project implementation and reporting. He was a member of the Karnataka State Arebhahse Samskriti Mattu Sahithya Academy, so he had the idea of producing the cultural documentation in a systematic way.
  • Vishwanatha Badikana - Responsible for Community Outreach & Partnerships.- He is a professor by profession and has high knowledge about Siddavesha. And he was in charge of some of the Karnataka State Arebhahse Samskriti mattu Sahithya Academy's documentation.
  • ChiK - Responsible for coordinating with Artists and other work - He is the local guy and he will be in charge of photography.
  • Members of the Karavali Wikimedians User Group team will help implement this proposal.
6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Age (regency), Geography, Language, Socioeconomic Status, Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

Our work is aimed at documenting a local cultural practice that is fast disappearing. By documenting this activity we want to preserve a cultural tradition and make it available for all future purposes of research and studies around the folk practices of Tulunadu.

7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Education, Culture, heritage or GLAM , Public Policy, Diversity

8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?

Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language, Socioeconomic status, Age

9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities?
  • Members of the Karavali Wikimedians User Group and performing artists are specifically targeted participants.
  • Experienced Wikimedians, photographers, filmmakers, storytellers, and other native Tulu speakers will be the project's intended participants.
  • The Karavali Wikimedia Users Group will provide the majority of the participants for this project, and communication with them will take place using google meet or Zoom meet.
  • Considering that the majority of the attendees will be from the Karavali Wikimedians Users Group, we will follow up with them.
10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?

Participants are continually being reminded of this. We also promote civil behaviour at our events and implore members to follow the Wikimedia civility guidelines. Additionally, I make an effort to inform the community's newly joined Wikimedians about the Universal Code of Conduct.

11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.

The Karavali Wikimedia Users Group members and I talked about this project, and their suggestions and opinions helped develop it. The Karavali Wikimedia Users Group's discussion page has also made an announcement about the initiative. the following link(https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಚಾವಡಿ#ಬೆಳ್ತಂಗಡಿ_ಕಡೆತ_ಸಿದ್ಧವೇಸೊಗ್_ಗ್ರಾಂಟ್

12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?

Yes

If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
No
12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
NA
13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.

Yes

13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.

We include an expert team for folklore documentation in the late evening, with a professional videographer and photographer including subject expert, scholars of the region.

14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.

Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Manage Internal Knowledge, Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation edit

15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?

Folklore has been used to convey moral life lessons in times past. It would be great to know what kind of life lessons are being taught by Tulu Folklore, how much the younger generation knows about Tulu folklore and how and where do the younger generation learn about TuluFolklore in this era?

16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
Number of Communities to be Visited The minimum number of communities to be visited during field visits (where we will engage community leaders and storytellers) will be 4; i.e 1 communities per field visit. 2
Number of field Visits The total number of field visits for this project 4
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
17. Core quantitative metrics.
Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics Description Target
Number of participants This refers to the number of participants for this event i.e organizers, storytellers, community, photographers, videographers, Local leaders etc 50
Number of editors The minimum number of editors for this project will be 6 6
Number of organizers Minimum number of organizers for this project is 3 3
Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project Description Target
Wikimedia Commons Minimum number of Images to be uploaded on Commons 50
Wikimedia Commons Minimum Number of videos uploaded to Commons 5
Wikipedia Minimum number of Wikipedia articles to be improved with recorded multimedia files 4
N/A N/A N/A
N/A N/A N/A
17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.


18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.

Wikimedia Outreach dashboard

Financial Proposal edit

19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.

405000 INR

19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

4950 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-ivNuhFKgsoGv9voyxGz6TC4JP8ivi1w-wdjFmVJB-s/edit?usp=sharing

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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