Workshop on Folklore Fieldwork and Online Archiving with Wiki

Workshop on Folklore Fieldwork and Online Archiving with Wiki
[http://class.csueastbay.edu/anthropology/claus/ Peter Claus's Webpage at California State University, East Bay]

Key Issues Addressed in this workshop

 * Reason for the production of Archives
 * A brief history of Public Archives in Colonized Cultures
 * Folklore Archives as Knowledge Bases
 * Archives and Communities
 * The Scope and Reach of Future Archives
 * The Contents of Archives
 * Collecting for Archives
 * Maintaining and Organizing Archives
 * Access to Archives
 * Online Archiving with Wiki
 * Archives and Community empowerment


 * Related Reading: Culture Archives and the State: Between Nationalism, Socialism, and the Global Market The Center for Folklore Studies Spring Colloquium May 3-5, 2007 The Mershon Center The Ohio State University

General

 * Udupi Workshop Organizers and Participants
 * Travel to Udupi
 * Location map of Udupi
 * Read about Tulunadu
 * Read About History of Udupi
 * Local News

Lectures

 * 1) Archives as Knowledge bases by Peter Claus
 * 2) Representing Communities by M.D.Muthukumaraswamy
 * 3) Tension in the Ideas of Fieldwork, Research, Collection and Archives by Peter Claus
 * 4) Media Education for the Public by S.A.Krishnaiah
 * 5) Community-Centered Knowledge Bases as Wikis by M.D.Muthukumaraswamy
 * 6) Facilitating Folklore by S.A.Krishnaiah
 * 7) Introducing the Koti-Chennayya and the The Shri Brahma Baidarkala Samskritika Adhyayana Pratishtana by S.A. Krishnaiah
 * 8) Researching Koti-Chennayya by Vaman Nandavar
 * 9) Institutional Support for Folklore Communities by S.A.Krishnaiah and M.D.Muthukumaraswamy
 * 10) Translating Tulu into English: Koti-Chennayya by Shankar Narayana D. Poojary
 * 11) The NFSC's Projects as Community-Centered Knowledge Bases by M.D.Muthukumaraswamy
 * 12) Working with the Transgender Community by B.Jishamol
 * 13) Siri in the Finnish Project by Viveka Rai and Chinnappa Gowda
 * 14) Working with a Tuluva Gender Community: Film Screening and Discussion by Shashikala Gurpur and/or Shushma Moily
 * 15) Working with a Transgender Community: Film Screening and Discussion by B.Jishamol
 * 16) Foreign Researchers Doing Fieldwork by Peter Claus
 * 17) Assisting Foreign Scholar Doing Fieldwork by Chinnappa Gowda
 * 18) Assisting Foreign Scholar Doing Fieldwork by M.N. Venkatesha
 * 19) Assisting Foreign Scholar Doing Fieldwork by S.A.Krishnaiah
 * 20) The Basics of Database Cataloguing: How We Do It At The RRC by S.A.Krishnaiah
 * 21) Cataloguing Collections: How We Do It At The NFSC by B.Jishamol
 * 22) Representing the Larger Community by Peter Claus
 * 23) Archiving Siri Myths and Rituals and Koti-Chennayya as Knowledge Bases Representing Communities on the Web by Peter Claus
 * 24) WWW Wikis and the Local Community by M.D.Muthukumaraswamy

Group Discussions

 * 1) Everyday Schedule
 * 2) Basics of Fieldwork
 * Related reading: Eric Miller's article on Videoconference interviews
 * 1) Post Fieldwork Archiving
 * 2) Panel Discussions

Fieldwork schedules and Assignments
Fieldwork I

Koti Chennaya Group

Visit Adi Udupi

Siri Group

Visit a "small" Siri Shrine (family alude and mulastana) near Udupi. Date: Tuesday February 26, 2008

Fieldwork II

Koti Chennaya Group

View K-C nema videos in RRC Archive

Siri Group

View Hiriyadka Sri Festival videos in RRC Archive Date: Wednesday February 27, 2008

Fieldwork III

Koti Chennaya Group

Interviewing Adi Udupi informants at RRC archive with video and photos

Siri Group

Visit Hiriyadka Virabhadra (Mahalingeshwara) Temple, Siri alude and mulastana. Interviews with Temple management and Hiriyadka residents.

Fieldwork IV

Koti Chennaya Group

Visit Hiriyadka, Bommarabettu and Anjar.

Siri Group

Visit and photograph Mekkekattu and Manchikallu What is the relationship between Siri and the Chikku dieties?

Date: Friday February 29, 2008

Fieldwork V

Koti Chennaya Group

Work in archives reviewing photos and videos of K-C rituals. Develop a detailed plan for upcoming agel and nema

Siri Group

Visit to Nandolige and Kabbitar "Siri" temples. Interviews with temple officials and leading families.

Date: Saturday March 1, 2008

Fieldwork VI

Koti Chennaya Group

Spend most of the day in Anjar around the Garodi observing and documenting preparations for the upcoming events. Interviewing people, getting to know the community and their lives, families, livelihoods, past and present agriculture system, history, etc.

Siri Group

By this time, the members of the group should have made enough contacts to begin interviewing Siri cult participants in the region.

Fieldwork VII

Miscellaneous collections, data gathering and interviews.

Dates: Tuesday March 11, 2008 and Wednesday March 12, 2008

Fieldwork Plans
Fieldwork Plans

Events
Date: February 20, 2008 Koti Chennayya Book Release Function

Koti-Chennayya Agelu: Bommarabettu-Hiriyadka

Date: February 21, 2008 Full moon day in the Tulu month of Maayi Siri festival at HurumbidoTTu

Fieldwork Plans
Hurumbidottu Siri Aayana/festival: Notes to International Workshop Students, Fieldwork at Hurumbidottu Beltangady Taluk-Karnataka Date 21-Feb-2008

Date: February 27, 2008 Yakshagana (Full night)	Shiryara-Mekkikattu-Udupi District Mekkikattu fieldwork : Notes to International Workshop Students. Date: Friday February 28, 2008

Technical Training

 * 1) Wiki Editing Tutorial
 * 2) Read Renée Fountain's paper on Wiki Pedagogy
 * 3) Check out top 100 tools of learning 2007
 * 4) Learn About UNESCO's digital library software

Folklore of the Transgender Community in Tamilnadu

 * 1) Annotated Textual Resources TG
 * 2) Annotated Web Resources TG
 * 3) Samples of Photo documentation available at National Folklore Support Centre, India TG
 * 4) Samples of Video Documentation available at National Folklore Support Centre, India, TG
 * 5) Samples from the Archive of Newspaper Clippings TG
 * 6) Media Representations TG
 * 7) Bibliography TG
 * 8) TV Cippings TG

Siri Epic Performance

 * 1) Annotated Textual Resources Siri
 * 2) Annotated Web Resources Siri
 * 3) Photo documentation available at Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, Udupi Siri
 * 4) Video Documentation available at Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, Udupi Siri
 * 5) Archive of Newspaper Clippings Siri
 * 6) Media Representations Siri
 * 7) Bibliography Siri
 * 8) TV Clippings Siri

Koti Chennayya

 * 1) Annotated Textual Resources KC
 * 2) Annotated Web Resources KC
 * 3) Photo documentation available at Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, Udupi KC
 * 4) Video Documentation available at Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, Udupi KC
 * 5) Archive of Newspaper Clippings KC
 * 6) Media Representations KC
 * 7) Bibliography KC
 * 8) TV Clppings KC