Dear Wency, It would be my pleasure. But I don't know how much I will be of use given my limitations. With best wishes. Tensing
On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 at 16:59, Wency Mendes <[email protected]> wrote: > *Goa Water Stories* > > *https://goawaterstories.livingwatersmuseum.org* > <https://goawaterstories.livingwatersmuseum.org/> > > > > Goa Water Stories is an online immersive and interactive digital web > archive of narratives of water. Goa Water Stories engages and intersects > with the local and indigenous communities through 18 interactive and > immersive story-projects developed by over 30 young individuals. These > interdisciplinary multimedia projects present hyperlocal narratives, > amplifying voices from the ground. Rooted in lived experience, these > narratives are closely linked to local flora, fauna and livelihood > practices to construct a discourse centred around water, ecology and the > impact of climate change. > > > > *PROCESS* > > *Goa Water Stories* <https://goawaterstories.livingwatersmuseum.org/> > commenced > in March 2023 through an ‘Open Call’ for a small grant, offered as a > fellowship, to support research on water, ecology, climate change, and its > impact on communities in Goa. The fellowship grant, augmented by a > mentoring and skill-sharing process, facilitated advocacy by researchers > and field practitioners, to provide a policy lens to understand concerns > related to water and climate change, their effects on livelihoods and the > environment and conservation efforts. The initiative focuses on creating > media-rich multimedia content – encompassing text, images, audio, and > video. These stories are thematically linked to the Western Ghats, the > monsoon water cycle and watershed, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, > tanks, wells, the khazan lands, and the coastal ecosystem. > > > > The program fosters dialogue through visual storytelling towards building > an online interactive archive, serving as a platform that brings together > diverse stakeholders, including institutions, students, researchers, > academics, writers, artists and experts. This collaborative effort > facilitates critical engagement with water-related issues through > workshops, colloquia and presentations in libraries, colleges, > universities, museums and galleries. The participants developed a shared > vocabulary and subjectivity through these activities, initiating hyperlocal > and public discourse on water heritage. This multi-dimensional and > inclusive approach integrates research, data visualisation, storytelling, > and digital tools. > > > > All content – including videos, images, illustrations, photographs and > written materials – developed by the cohort are under Creative Commons. > These digital objects are metadata-tagged, geo-tagged, and translated into > English, with further auto-translation enabled for additional languages via > web-based software. The resulting digital archive is now community-curated > as an interactive and interconnected storytelling platform – ‘*Goa Water > Stories* <https://goawaterstories.livingwatersmuseum.org/>’ – hosted by > the Living Waters Museum. Through this online archive, users can engage > with multi-narrative storytelling, explore and learn from these > experiences, and connect with the environment and communities on the ground. > > > > I look forward to hearing from you and the possibilities of a dialogue and > an extended conversation this project may evoke. > > Thanking you > wency > +919811424363 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAEcm3gdY%2B4LOTM0J2fWBkFSCW8jKvYhM-2nFo0g%3DLViGpe6-BQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAEcm3gdY%2B4LOTM0J2fWBkFSCW8jKvYhM-2nFo0g%3DLViGpe6-BQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CABPxU2jsqe07Awa%2BUS2LM07UV_mh9CR11bhM_%3Dn4Adjqn6ah_w%40mail.gmail.com.
