Foundation Segré and Keystone: A Partnership for the Nilgiris
October 10, 2022 By Habeeba Fatima and Chandrasekar DasTechnical Coordinator & Additional Programme Coordinator – Biodiversity One of our committed donors, Foundation Segré has been supporting our Biodiversity Conservation team in several of its project activities. Segré is based in France and driven by the mission to build partnerships across the world for the protection […]
The Coming Together of Community Foundations in the Nilgiris Hills
September 28, 2022 By Ranjani PrasadArchiving Consultant – People & Nature Collectives Keystone has been partnering with several Community Foundations in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) for over five years, and these are currently being coordinated and facilitated by the People and Nature Collectives team. The Global Fund for Community Foundations is a worldwide network […]
Exploring Public Histories through Community Narratives: A researcher workshop and partners’ visit – June 2022
An ongoing project with the British Academy, titled ‘The Ownership of Public Histories’ or TOPHI for short, has supported indigenous groups who have been engaged in conversations and community research on community histories, traditional knowledge, documentation of traditional cultural expressions and building resources for aiding intergenerational knowledge transfer. A key component of the project has […]
Consultation on Community-based Knowledge Discourses in Nilambur
Earlier this month, on the 11th and 12th of May, a community consultation was organised by the People and Nature Collectives Nilambur team in association with Thoduve Community Foundation, an organisation run by the indigenous communities of Nilambur. Led by Syamjith Palakkayam, Suresh Pulimunda, Sumitra Pattakarimbu, Vyshanth Pookkottampadam and Babu Vaniyampuzha, our community-based researchers in […]
A Workshop on writing and storytelling for Community Journalists
The Nilgiri Seemai Suddhi team consists of representatives from 8 regions and 4 community groups who meet monthly to gather news and features, and publish a periodic community newsletter. In August, the team met in full strength after a long lockdown-induced hiatus. The team practiced writing and storytelling methods as a group, along with resource persons from the People and Nature Centre and Community Wellbeing teams. The workshop entailed immersive reflections on observational writing, reporting and storytelling about indigenous communities such as theirs in an effort towards impactful journalism. This photo story takes us through the journey of their 4-day August 2021 workshop
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 […]
