For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages twenty-eight students from the Government Lower Primary School in Lakshmi Camp Kuntoji, Koppala district with the Helava community which archives family genealogies across north Karnataka in order to understand their traditional knowledge. Through this project students will record their own family histories and enrich their study of the social science, mathematics and language curricula. The outcomes of the project will be a performance in the presence of school staff and a publication containing the children’s writings. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be photographs, the publication and video documentation of the entire project. Project funds will pay for honorarium, stationery and materials, printing, workshop, professional fees, and travel.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Arts Projects (Research/Practice) that will explore and engage with Bangalore as a centre for mental health and well-being. By documenting conversations, stories and personal histories of caregivers, mental health experts and users of the city’s mental health system, the project attempts to investigate a little-known aspect of the city’s history and offer a new methodology for engaging with a subject as complex as mental health. The outcomes of this project will comprise two sets of audio series, a group discussion, a public panel discussion and site-specific dispersion of artistically curated audio series via QR codes. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be audio recordings of all the interviews, still and video recordings of the panel discussion and still documentation of the site-specific QR codes. Project funds will pay for professional fees, honorarium, resource persons’ fees, travel, equipment hire, venue hire, food and printing and materials.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA under Arts Projects (Research/Practice), that explores and engages with Dakhni expressions in Bangalore’s popular culture through rap and hiphop music. Titled Apnich Bol, Dakhnich Bol, the project seeks to celebrate and foreground Bangalore’s deep-rooted Dakhni culture which has been overshadowed by the city’s mainstream discourse. The outcomes of the project will include a nine-track music album, three music videos, six to ten curated performances and a bonus track, with the possibility of a behind-the-scenes film. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be the complete album along with the bonus track, the music videos and photographs from the local performances. Project funds will pay for professional fees, equipment hire, honorarium, travel and food, studio hire, performances and material costs.
This Project was Terminated by IFA and the Project Coordinator is ineligible to apply to IFA in the future.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages sixth grade students of the Morarji Desai Residential School in Devarabelakere village in Davanagere district, in the study of the production of cotton and history of cotton mills in Davanagere through local stories and folk songs. Students will attempt to develop a theatre script with all their findings to bolster their learning of their Kannada language lessons. The outcome of the project will be a performance in the presence of school staff and villagers. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will include photographs and video documentation of the performance and the entire project. Project funds will pay for honorarium, performance, professional fees, travel, workshop, material, and documentation.
This Project was Terminated by IFA and the Project Coordinator is ineligible to apply to IFA in the future.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages sixth grade students of the Morarji Desai Residential School in Nuggehalli village in Hassan district with a project titled karakushala kale enda patya dhedege (from handicrafts to school curriculum) to learn about bamboo. Students will explore the history, stories and many uses of bamboo and connect it to the texts in their environmental science curriculum. The outcomes of the project will be a performance in the presence of school staff and villagers and a publication. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will include the publication, along with photographs and video documentation of the performance and the entire project. Project funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, material, travel, performance, publication, workshop and documentation.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages sixth grade students of the Karnataka Public School in Hangala village, Chamarajanagara district with Mudalapaya Yakshagana, a local art form that is rapidly disappearing. The students will learn about the history and practice of the form through a series of workshops by community artists and apply it to their mathematics and science texts. The outcome of the project will be a performance in the presence of school staff and community members. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will include photographs and video documentation of the entire project. Project funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, workshop, material, travel, documentation, and performance.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages eighth grade students of the high school section of the Government Pre-University College, in Krishna Raja Sagara, Mandya district to explore the impact of the Krishna Raja Sagara dam on the lives and livelihoods of local communities. Students will research, create and integrate these stories into their history, social science and language curricula. The outcome of this project will be street performances at two villages where the children and members of the communities will participate. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will include photographs and video documentation of the entire project. Project funds will pay for honorarium, professional fees, performance, travel, stationary and materials, workshop and documentation.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages forty students from fifth, sixth and seventh grades of the Government Higher Primary School in Kudregundi village in Chikkamagalur district, to study Kuvempu’s Malegalalli Madumagalu, a novel written in the landscape that the students inhabit. The students will explore the landscape of the novel through guided field visits, meet elders, and bring the learnings into their creative writing. The outcome of this project will be a publication with the writings of the children. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will be photographs, the publication and video documentation of the entire project. Project funds will pay for honorarium, printing, exhibition, stationery, workshop, professional fees, travel and documentation.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages sixth and seventh grade students of the Government Model Higher Primary School (Hindi Medium) in Bellary, Bellary district with The Robert Bruce Foote Sanganakallu Archaeological Museum to enhance their learning of history. The students will experience the museum and explore ways of applying their learning to their curriculum. The outcome of this project will be a performance, an exhibition for school staff and community members, and a publication. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will include photographs, the publication and video documentation of the entire project. Project funds will pay for honorarium, travel, professional fees, workshop, publication, documentation and performance.
For the implementation of a Foundation Project by IFA that engages fifth grade students of the Government Higher Primary School in Chikkahandigol village, Gadag district with the local folk art forms of Sobane Pada, Gee Gee Pada, Lavani, Kolatada Pada, Beesuva Kallina Pada, Hanti Hadu and Holi Hadu, which are rapidly disappearing from the cultural life of the region. The students will train in these forms through workshops conducted by community singers, and apply it to the texts of their curriculum. The outcome of the project will be a performance in the presence of school staff and community members, and a digital publication. The Project Coordinator’s deliverables to IFA with the final report will include photographs, the digital publication and video documentation of the entire project. Project funds will pay for professional fees, performance, workshop, honorarium, travel, and documentation.
