This is a great collaboration. We are heartened by the initial success of the project in heritage saving and output. I look forward to this project bearing much more fruit and setting a standard for GLAM projects in India. I hope that this encourages many other such projects in future. I also hope that this project lays the seeds for a nascent Arunachal Pradesh Wikimedians group.
Congratulations to the WMUG and CIS-A2K for this work. User:AshLin On Thu, 26 May, 2022, 1:02 pm Bodhisattwa, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > This is a follow-up mail regarding the GLAM partnership with RIWATCH. > There are a few updates. > > 1) CIS-A2K has sent a scanner to RIWATCH which is being used to scan the > around 330 volumes of Tibetan Buddhist canons collected in the museum with > around 150,000 pages. The first volume of Tengyur is uploaded as of now. > https://w.wiki/5CsJ > 2) As the internet speed is extremely slow in the institute due to its > remote location, the Wikimedian-in-residence is facing troubles with the > upload process. So, she is instructed to focus only on scanning for now. > 3) As coordinator partner of the project, I visited the institute this > week again on behalf of the user group to collect all the digital files in > RIWATCH collection to upload them from my home using faster internet than > the institute. This includes photographs, audios and videos depicting > cultures of different indigenous people of Arunachal Pradesh. One such file > is here - > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cultural_heritage_of_Adis_-_documentary_film_by_RIWATCH.webm > > Regards, > Bodhisattwa > (On behalf of West Bengal Wikimedians User Group) > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 16:58 Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Correction, that should read, Dear Subodh and Bodhisattwa. My >> apologies 🙏😊 >> >> On Fri, 11 Mar 2022 at 16:55, Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Dear Subodh, >>> >>> Thank you for the announcement of this new GLAM partnership initiated by >>> CIS A2K and West Bengal Wikimedians User Group in partnership. This is >>> a definite step in the right direction. I am happy to see this partnership >>> with an NGO based within the area concerned and doing on-ground work there >>> which is really commendable. >>> >>> We need viable models for our engagement with other agencies involved in >>> the heritage presentation of language, culture and literature. We encourage >>> you to grow this GLAM partnership organically and in a well thought out >>> manner, for a period of years to come, so that a sizeable and meaningful >>> contribution can result from this venture over time. >>> >>> I welcome maximum participation by Wikimedians in conjunction with >>> suitable experts so that their strengths are complementary and work is >>> synergetic. We look forward most eagerly to the birth of a nascent >>> Arunachal Pradesh Wikimedian community seeded by this and other initiatives. >>> >>> Wishing all the very best for this project and all those participating >>> in it, >>> >>> Sincerely, AshLin >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2022 at 09:57, subodh kulkarni <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Wikimedians, >>>> >>>> Greetings for the coming Holi! >>>> >>>> CIS-A2K is glad to share this update with you. We have started >>>> developing partnerships with various institutions in the North East region >>>> of India since 2019. We conceptualised the GLAM project with an >>>> organization named *Research Institute of World's Ancient Traditions, >>>> Cultures and Heritage* (RIWATCH), a non-profit research and community >>>> based organisation in Arunachal Pradesh during the year 2020 and proposed >>>> it in our 2020-21 plan. But due to the pandemic, the process was delayed. >>>> We have launched a GLAM-Wiki project with RIWATCH from March 2022 in >>>> collaboration with the West Bengal Wikimedians User Group, which will be >>>> helping in coordination and execution of this project. A Wikimedian in >>>> Residence has been assigned at RIWATCH to document, organize and upload the >>>> data and content of the rich collection of the institute focusing on the >>>> oral traditions, language and culture of different tribes in Arunachal >>>> Pradesh. The orientation and planning meetings were conducted with RIWATCH >>>> members and a local tribal organisation named Idu Mishmi Cultural & >>>> Literary Society to develop the GLAM project. After the training of WiR, >>>> the GLAM work on Wikimedia Commons has already been started. The details >>>> can be seen here - Commons category >>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Research_Institute_of_World%27s_Ancient_Traditions> >>>> and GLAM project page >>>> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:RIWATCH> . >>>> >>>> We welcome your suggestions. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Subodh & Bodhisattwa >>>> on behalf of CIS-A2K and West Bengal Wikimedians User Group >>>> (respectively) >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to >>>> [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Warm regards, >>> >>> Ashwin Baindur >>> >> >> >> -- >> Warm regards, >> >> Ashwin Baindur >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikimediaindia-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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