World Museum Day Celebrations in Nilambur
By Aswathy A.S., People and Nature Collectives This year, World Museum Day was celebrated on May 18, with the theme being: “The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities”. Aswathy shares how the Nilambur office celebrated the day: We celebrated International Museum Day in our office today. We were able to have a discussion focused […]
Radio Kotagiri Wins National Award for Cultural Preservation
By Manickam A., Knowledge Hub Keystone Foundation is proud to announce that Radio Kotagiri won Second Prize at the WAVES Sammelan, organized by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. The award recognized our program covering the local Irula community’s Thodu Aata Festival, under the theme of Local Cultural Preservation. Dr. L. Murugan, […]
Workshop on Community Archives
By Mira Kudva Driskell, People and Nature Collectives The Community Archives, hosted on Mukurtu, exist to ensure that Adivasi-Indigenous communities can document and safeguard traditional knowledge; unlike our Institutional Archives, which are open access, community archives are accessible by community members, and designed to respect cultural norms around knowledge transfer. In doing so, we hope […]
An Equal Music: Pillur Musicians Collaborate with T.M. Krishna at Ooty Literary Festival
By Mira Diana Kudva Driskell,People Nature Collective On March 15th, Pillur musicians joined renowned Karnatik musician T.M. Krishna on stage at Ooty Literary Festival for a session entitled “An Equal Music”. Alexander, Bharti, K. Raja, Kuppammal, Murugan, Murugesan, Murugan, Nagaraj, Prema and Saranya all gathered outside the Nilgiri Library to perform in front of an […]
A Learning Journey to Understand the Tribal Language and the Forest
By Kavyanjali K K , People Nature Collective As part of ILED’s “100 Forest Stories in 100 Languages” campaign, we organized a journey to Begur with children from the Kammana, Necholi, and Poolakkal hamlets, supported by a Gothradeepam education volunteer. A total of 12 children joined us, with the primary goal of experiencing a forest […]
Presenting on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Practices in Pune
By Faisal Rehman, Programme Coordinator, People and Nature Collectives Mounthees Kuttan and Faisal Rehman from the Biodiversity Conservation and People and Nature Collectives programmes participated in an Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) sponsored and FLAME University organized national seminar titled “Shaping the Future – Trends and Perspectives in Indian Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable […]
Phone Storytelling Workshop with Kerala PNC Members
By Anokha Venugopal, Shansi Fellow, Communications Last month, Kerala members from the People and Nature Collectives came to Keystone for a two day workshop on using their phones to create short documentaries on their cultural and Indigenous practices. Syamjith, Sumithra, Suresh, Geetha, Amal, Aswathy, and Kavya participated in the workshop, and I led it (thanks […]
Radio Kotagiri Promotes Climate Awareness and Senior Schemes
By Manickam A., Radio Kotagiri Radio Kotagiri recently organized a series of narrowcasting sessions as part of the Atal Vayo Abhyuday Yojana (AVAY) project. This initiative, implemented by the Community Radio Association and supported by the Ministry of Information and Social Justice, aims to raise awareness about government schemes designed for senior citizens. Narrowcasting is a form of disseminating information […]
Environmental Action Workshops in November
By Manickam A., Additional Programme Coordinator, Radio Kotagiri ER Workshop: A Platform for Environmental Action The ER Workshop, hosted at Keystone Foundation on 21st November 2024, brought together elected representatives (ERs), ward members, and the vice president of Nedugula Panchayat to discuss urgent environmental and community issues. This workshop served as a critical forum to address challenges arising from deforestation, climate change, […]
The Language Workshop/Convention November 2024
By Faisal Rehman, Programme Coordinator, People and Nature Collectives The People and Nature Collectives took an important step forward in its efforts to address larger questions of Tribal identity and knowledge mobilisation through organising a meeting in Hyderabad from the 25th – 27th of November, 2024. Convened under the banner ‘Language, Culture and Identity: Indigenous […]
