Karavali Wikimedians/Annual Report 2022-23

Karavali Wikimedians Annual Report 2023-24

Folk-a-than Documentary

Pursa Kattuna Tulu Documentary

The Karavali Wikimedians User Group, with the support of the Wikimedia Foundation, created Folk-a-than Documentary titled Pursa Kattuna. "Pursere kattuna" or "purusa makkala kunita" is a traditional and religious dance form. During the Tulu calendar's Suggi month, the Gowda people of Belthangady and Puttur celebrate a full-moon summer dance. "Pursere kattuna" performances continue from late night until early morning, traversing through various layers of society's households.
It holds great importance to document the Pursere Kattuna Folk Art. Unfortunately, this folk art hasn't received as much public attention as other forms of public art. With each passing year, customs and costumes fade, making them on the brink of extinction. Hence, it becomes critical to document and preserve this cultural essence for future generations.
The documentary team started on 3rd April 2023 and Karavali Wikimedians User Bharatesha Alasandemajalu User Vishwanatha Badikana, User Yakshitha were part of the team. On the morning of April 4th, Dr. Aarya Joshi,Marathi Wikimeidan from Pune joined the team. Early on the morning of April 4th, the team travelled across Dharmastala, Didupe, and beneath the Western Ghat to capture scenic views and shoot drone footage. During the daytime, team visited scholars and experts' homes in Mangalore for interviews, and also prepared the plan for the late evening dance performance. From April 4th to April 7th, team documented various aspects of performing arts. 12 People from the team, documentary and videography team throughout the documentary journey, interacted with over 400 villagers, 100+ performing artists, and 10+ organizers and coordinators. This documentary was released at Vani College in Belthangady on 02 October 2023.

Pursa Kattuna Performance
Predocumentary survey at Bajila Belthangady
Visit to a temple at Belthangady
Pursereg Kattuna Documentary Day1
Documentary team with village people during Purusha Vesha
Dr Taltaje Vasanth Kumar and Pursereg Kattuna Documentary Team
Idol of God Manjunath
Folk traditional floral crowns, Day 1
Participants
People getting ready for the dance

Research project on effectiveness of Wikipedia in education as a platform of improving the cognitive ability among students

This project was conducted by Dr. U.B. Pavanaja, who is the founder-secretary of Karavali Wikimedians at Dr G. Shankar Govt. Women's First Grade College & Post Graduate Study Centre, Udupi. The aim is to study the effectivemness of Wikipedia in education as a platform of improving the cognitive ability among students. The study was condcluded successfully with positive results. The results showed there is improvement in the congnitive skills of the students after going through the Wikipedia program for one year. Links-

Wiki Stalls by Karavali Wkimedians

Wiki Stall at International Cultural Jamboree

The Alvas College Moodubidie Wikipedia Student Association and Karavali Wikimedians will be actively participating in the "International Cultural Jamboree," which will be held December 21-27, 2022, at Alva's Education institution Moodabidri, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka State. An International Cultural Jamboree is part of the Scout Movement, and the theme of this Jamboree is "Culture for Youth Solidarity.". The Alvas College Moodubidie Wikipedia Student Association and the Karavali Wikimedians are organising seven-day Jamboree Editathons in Tulu, Kannada, Konkani, and English. Nearly 23 partcipants participated and gained a workshop on Wikipedia and created 25+ articles in Kannada and Tulu Wikipedia during the workshop.

Wikipedia at Cultural Jamboory at Alva's Coolege, Moodabidri 2022]]
Students visited Wiki Stall during International Cultural Jamboree at Alva's College
Vishwanath Badikana giving highlights on Wikipedia to students
Wikimedians seeking information about Ham Radio
Karavali Wikimedians at International Cultural Jamboree
Karavali Wikimedians at International Cultural Jamboree
Karavali Wikimedians at International Cultural Jamboree

Monthly Online Meetings

Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/MCDC Meeting 3rd December 2023
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Online Meetup 30th November 2023
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Online Meetup 03rd November 2023
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Online Meetup 13th October 2023
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Online Meetup 11th September 2023
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Online Meetup 18 August 2023
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Online Meetup 04th August 2023
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/April 2023 Monthly Meetup 29 April 2023, Hyderabad
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/March 2023 Monthly Meetup 31 March 2023, Mangaluru
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Canara College - Feb 2023 03 February 2023, Mangaluru
Karavali Wikimedians/Meetups/Canara College - Jan 2023, 06 January 2023, Mangaluru

MCDC Discussion

On 3rd December 2023 Karavali Wikimedians meetup took place at Mangalore to discuss about Movement Charter Drafting Commitee. 11 Wikimedians attend the meeting. Discussion about the Movement and further plans were discussed during the meeting.

Karavali Wikimedians group phot at meetup
User Kavitha and Babitha during the meetup

Karavali Wikimedians Events

Wikimedia Refresher Training(WRT)
Mahatma Gandhi 2023 edit-a-thon Date 06-10, October 2023
Pursereg Kattuna Documentary, February - September 2023
Pursereg Kattuna Documentary Releasing, 02 October 2023
Relicencing, Digitization and Uploading of book on Wikimedia Commons at Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal, 15 - 16 September 2023.
Online Editathon - Tulu Wikipedia Anniversary on 05th-06th August 2023
Karavali Wikimedians/Events/Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) 2023 in Mangaluru, April 2023, Pilikula
Feminism and Folklore 2023, 01 February 2023 - 15th April 2023
Research project on effectiveness of Wikipedia in education as a platform of improving the cognitive ability among students, 2022-23

Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) 2023 in Mangaluru

Feminism and Folklore is an international writing contest, photo uploading to Wikicommons organized at Wikipedia annually in the month of February and March to document folk cultures and women in folklore in different regions of the world on Wikipedia. This project is the Wikipedia edition of the photography campaign Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) that is organized on Wikimedia Commons to document folklore traditions around the world.

Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) 2023 in Mangaluru
Karavali Wikimedians User Group In-person event gathering
Wiki Loves Folklore (WLF) 2023 in Pilikula Guttu Mane
Karavali Wikimedians at Pilikula Heritage Village Handloom Center
Felicitation
Guttu Ill
Wikimedian Saroja M.K at Pilikula 1
Panjurli Daiva idol at Pilikula

Relicencing, Digitization and Uploading of book on Wikimedia Commons

The Karavali Wikimedians User Group hosting a program titled Relicensing, Digitization, and Uploading of Books on Wikimedia Commons at Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal from September 15th to 16th, 2023 in collaboration with CIS A2K Bengaluru. This event serves as a comprehensive training program intended for all Wikimedians within the Dakshina Kannada region. We extend a warm invitation to all members of the Karavali Wikimedians community to participate in these informative sessions. We expected three students and few Staff members of Govinda dasa College to attend the training sessions. Authors and Librarians of Dakshina Kannada region also were interested to attend the programme. Author M. Prabhakara Joshy interested to support the digitization by attending training session. He also promised to give all his books to re-Licencing.

Relicencing, Digitization and uploading of book at Govinda Dasa College
Presentation by Subodh Kulkarni
Releasing digitized book
Training - 01
Training - 02
Training Session

Wikimedia Refresher Training(WRT)

Wikimedia Refresher Training (WRT) is a one-day program tailored for existing Karavali Wikipedians. It aims to enlighten participants on tools, advanced editing, and more. This session marks the first training for local Karavali Wikimedians since the post-COVID period.

Karavali Wikimedians, Wikimedia Refresher Training
Karavali Wikimedians, Wikimedia Refresher Training
WRT Workshop 2
WRT Workshop 3
WRT Workshop 4
WRT Workshop 5

Participation in Conferences

2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit

The 2nd Wikimedia Technology Summit is happening on the 3rd and 4th of March 2023. in Hyderabad, The conference is organized by the IndicWiki Project by The International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad. From Karavali Wikimedians User Group member and active Tulu Wikimedian Bharathesha Alasandemajalu participated.

Wiki Conference India Hyderabad 2023

WikiConference India 2023 was a national-level conference that provided a common platform for Wikimedians and stakeholders interested in Indic-language Wikimedia projects and other aspects related to the movement in India and a few South Asian regions. This was a space to meet, connect, and share, stories, learnings, best practices, and challenges and discuss the future strategy as a region. The conference happened in Hyderabad on 28‒30 April 2023.
User Bharatesha Alasandemajalu, User Vishwanatha Badikana, User Yakshitha,User Swathivishwakarma,User Babitha Shetty 5 of the Karavali Wikimedians were selected for this Conference. User Bharatesha Alasandemajalu, User Vishwanatha Badikana presented their work of Arebhase Dictionary in the conference.User Yakshitha have been provided Mac Book Pro a system support in the conference.

Vishwanatha Badikana And Bharathesha Alasandemajalu at WCI, 2023
Karavali Wikimedians at WikiConference India 2023
Karavali Wikimedians at WikiConference India 2023
Karavali Wikimedians at WikiConference India 2023
Karavali Wikimedians at WikiConference India 2023
Yakshitha R Sharing Her Experience In Feedback Session - Wikiconference India 2023

TTT 2023

Train-the-Trainer (TTT) 2023, was held at Kochi, Kerala from 29 September to 1 October 2023. 4 of the Karavali Wikimedians User:Babitha Shetty, ChiK, User:Kavitha G. Kana and User:Santhosh Notagar were selected to the training Program.

ChiK at TTT 2023
Babitha Shetty at TTT 2023
TTT 2023 Kochi Day1
Group Activities on Day 1 at TTT 2023
Participants Presenting Group Activities on Day 1 at TTT 2023 - Kochi DSC002

Wiki Women camp 2023

WikiWomenCamp 2023 (October 19-22) will be bringing together individuals who identify themselves as women from different countries of the Wikimedia movement, leaders of their respective communities and with strong experience and proven engagement with the gender gap topic. 2023's theme for the conference in New Delhi, India, is "Map Up, Rise Up". 2 of the Karavali Wikimedians User:Babitha Shetty and Yakshitha were been a part of this camp. Dhanalakshmi K T was a member of the organising committee.

User Yakshitha at WWC 2023
Babitha Shetty Wiki Women Camp 2023
Debriefing session for South Asia Wikimedians by Nitesh on day1 of WWC 2023

Collaborative Project

Tulu Tamil Collaborative Project

The Tulu Tamil Collaborative Project is a joint initiative between the Tulu Community Wikimedia and the Tamil Wikimedia Community. The primary objectives of this project are to enhance the Tulu Wiktionary and promote the inclusion of Tulu-Tamil content on Wikipedia.

KWUG CIS Collaborative Project

The Karavali Wikimedinas User Group and the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS A2K) have formed collaboration, wherein they work together to support, assist, and guide various initiatives and activities.

Wikipedia Student Association Activities

St Aloysius College Wikipedia Association 2022-23. The details are here.