Hi Wayne: That is truly a wonderful idea! Yes we are considering static collections already available in public archival institutions such as ours on the one hand, and new projects we are taking on to establish digital community archives for local knowledge and culture with indigenous and historically disadvantaged communities in different parts of India (Six centres to be precise) . I am aware of the Greenstone software but I am yet to check its functionality in relation to actual collections. I am profoundly grateful to you for the idea on community collaboration and it certainly is very exciting! Building a folklore commons, yes that is precisely we want to do
With the best regards, Yours truly, M.D.Muthukumaraswamy ----- Original Message ----- From: "mackiwg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WikiEducator" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 1:14 AM Subject: [WikiEducator] Re: Online archiving with wiki > > Hi Muthu -- > > This sounds like a very interesting project! I think that the wiki > model is a powerful vehicle for community collaboration on the > digitisation of folklore. > > Can you give us a little more information on what you are planning or > thinking about with reference to online archiving? > > Is this for keeping a static collection of folklore? If so you might > want to explore the Greenstone project. See: > http://www.greenstone.org/ > > Greenstone is open source software and is particularity suited to > facilitate access to collections for users who may not have a reliable > internet connection. You can publish a collection online or as a > CDROM. Check the site out -- UNESCO are running a number of regional > workshops on the use of Greenstone. > > Thinking about community collaboration on the digitisation and sharing > of folklore -- wouldn't it be great if we could capture indigenous > narratives from the community elders as a digital recording and > involving younger members of the community in transcribing the stories > on the wiki. The completed versions could then be referenced and > stored in a Greenstone collection. The L4C project would be able to > provide training in basic wiki skills for transcribing folklore. In > the case of dance we could generate vignettes using the Kaltura > editing feature. > > Gee --- this sounds exiting, we could involve different communities > from all regions around the world in building a folklore commons. > > Cheers > Wayne > > > On Feb 2, 5:29 am, muthu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dear Friends: >> >> With the hope that a month long forthcoming workshop in India on >> 'Folklore Fieldwork and online archiving with wiki' will be of >> special relevance to Wikieducators community and also to educators who >> are interested in framing projects around civic engagement and place- >> based learning, I have placed the workshop details in the newly >> created wikieducator >> pagehttp://www.wikieducator.org/Workshop_on_Folklore_Fieldwork_and_Online... >> >> Among otherthings the workshop also intends to explore ways of using >> socially created media and its contents for community work and for >> higher education. The preliminary pages you see on the link I have >> provided will be constantly updated before, during and after the >> workshop. We are also experimenting to see whether an online archive >> can be created with the use of wiki and be gifted to the communities >> we work with at end of the workshop. >> >> We welcome suggestions from the Wikieducator community especially on >> the uses of wiki in archiving, and preserving oral traditions and >> folklore and their muti media field documentation. We will be happy to >> learn from you any case studies you might know of on using wiki to >> archive folklore materials according to the worldviews of communities >> concerned. >> >> Please feel free to add contents you might consider relevant to the >> participants of the workshop and the educators who are dealing with >> similar concerns. >> >> I am copying this message to the academic director of the workshop >> Professor Peter Claus who is yet to have an account with wikieducator. >> >> Looking forward to hearing from you, >> >> With the best regards, >> >> Yours truly, >> >> M.D.Muthukumaraswamy > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
