Hello,
For more perspective on the new grant proposal,
- Here are my concerns -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Youth_Skill_Development_Program_to_Document_Oral_Culture_in_Endangered_Indian_Languages#Observarions_and_questions_from_Bodhisattwa
- Here is the feedback from the grants committee -
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Youth_Skill_Development_Program_to_Document_Oral_Culture_in_Endangered_Indian_Languages#Feedback_by_the_SAARC_Regional_Grants_Committee
Regards,
Bodhisattwa
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 at 20:16, Nitesh Gill wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> We are seeking volunteers from North India and North-East India or those
> who have actively worked in these regions to join us in this project. You
> can sign-up at the section at the bottom of the project page:
>
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Youth_Skill_Development_Program_to_Document_Oral_Culture_in_Endangered_Indian_Languages#Volunteer_Sign-Up
>
> Regards
> Nitesh & Amrit
>
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2021 at 8:00 PM Nitesh Gill wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> *This email was sent from Amrit's account but has not been approved yet.
>> Apologies in advance for overwhelming the mailing list in case the other
>> email is also approved.*
>>
>> I am pleased to inform you that Amrit and I have prepared a toolkit for
>> transcription of oral culture which enables non-expert to document their
>> language and culture and digitize them on Wikimedia platforms. We have
>> built upon the OpenSpeaks toolkit and Elicitation Protocol of Wikitongues
>> in order to provide a unified toolkit with content on technical knowledge,
>> oral history elicitation interview questions, wiki workflow and
>> introduction to language documentation. The volunteers who tested this
>> toolkit were mostly female, thus forwarding our aim of inclusivity as an
>> aim of this project. We request you to go through the toolkit on the
>> following page:
>>
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oral_Culture_Transcription_Toolkit
>>
>>
>>
>> Please share your ideas and recommendations on it on the Discussion page
>> of the toolkit.
>>
>> Further, we are planning to utilize this toolkit in the new project that
>> we have proposed. In this project, we plan to teach youths speaking
>> endangered languages to document their culture, hold workshops for training
>> in audio-visual documentation and train them for the wiki workflow. We
>> would love to hear from you on this plan of ours, your suggestions are very
>> welcome. Also, if you are interested to participate or volunteer in this
>> project, do let us know on the talk page or via email. We are sharing the
>> link to this project below:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Youth_Skill_Development_Program_to_Document_Oral_Culture_in_Endangered_Indian_Languages
>>
>>
>> We are also inviting volunteers to join this project in any capacity.
>> Feel free to add your name to the Volunteers section on the project page.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Nitesh and Amrit
>>
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