Building and Sustaining Networks of Community Archives
This June saw the coming together of individuals and institutions from the Milli Archives Consortium for commemorating the International Archives Week (7th-12th June 2021), as suggested by the International Council on Archives. The theme for this year’s #IAW2021 was ‘Empowering Archives’, and the week-long sessions were attended by 80+ participants across 5+ countries and 1000+ audience members. Faisal […]
Celebrating Kwol Radio
A Regional Community Radio by the People On 11th March 2021, Kwol Radio – (A community radio service) completed one year of broadcasting. Based in one of our working regions named Aracode, this community radio station has been useful in sharing regional information, traditional folk stories, and other community-related knowledge. To mark this milestone, we organized a celebration at a village called Garikyur which is located in […]
Radio Kotagiri 90.4 – Stakeholders Summit
The 27th of February, 2021 was a momentous event for Radio Kotagiri 90.4 FM, the voice of Kotagiri. A Stakeholders Summit to have a face to face sharing session with listeners and contributors was organised on Keystone campus. Having turned 8 years old in February this year, the time was appropriate to have a deep […]
Porivarai – A versatile community foundation
20 January was a memorable occasion for residents of Garikkiyur in the Aracode Region. This day marked the inauguration of Porivarai, a community foundation that emerged while working on traditional knowledge associated with music and musical instrumentation. A group that had formed three years ago has made few efforts at creating a space dedicated to discussions around music and knowledge, as […]
PNC Exhibitions Opening & Beta Run on Keystone’s Birthday
The People and Nature Centre has been incubated at Keystone Foundation over the last 2+ years as a resource centre and learning space for knowledge related to the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve. This November, Keystone’s birthday celebrations were marked by the opening of a PNC exhibitions room in the current Srishti building (The first building on […]
Best practices in recording and producing a radio programme
The People and Nature Centre team held a workshop in ‘Community Radio – Best Practices in Recording and Producing a Programme’ with the Radio Kotagiri team from 17th to 21st August. The team had an immersive week with theory and practical sessions – where they practiced and learned about the various concepts of sound, recording, […]
Community Foundations Meeting
A meeting was held on 24th February as part of the ongoing Community Foundations initiative in Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve. It is a part of a larger network under the GFCF (Global Fund for Community Foundations). The aim of the meeting was to share learnings, experiences of setting up groups at the grassroots level, developing models […]
