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Item Metadata only Ragpickers: a documentary film on recycling in Ahmedabad(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2015) Prajapati, Soham; Sarkar, Aditinath0Item Open Access Website design [birds of Nalsarovar](Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2015) Arora, Neha; Raje, Nitin; Desai, BinitaTourism is the most common and wide spread business all over the world. In India a large amount of revenue is generated through tourism, there are various historic sites, wild life sanctuaries, nature parks and much more for a visitor. When a visitor visits any place they tend to observe things that they already know or they are told about based on which they chose to visit a place; every place carries many other hidden secrets and stories that have their cultural, architectural and social relevance which is often hidden from the eye of the visitor. Hence, it seemed to be a good opportunity to introduce the visitor to these contexts prior to the planning of a journey, so that they might notice the hidden aspects during their visit and which would help create a sense of curiosity and interest.Item Metadata only In search of ...clear skies(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2015) Singh, Nitendra; Mazumdar, MadhumitaThe project title is “In search of … clear skies” The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) community who are largely marginalized and have no legal status in societies like India have had to strive to communicate the many challenges that they face in society. In several instance such communication has been through explicit polities of protest while in others struggles for identity have been shaped in everyday struggles through creative use of any available medium or from – image, text, sound. Gray Pride marches for instance are steeped in these multiple mediums and languages of protest. Young members of the community in various campus in India and in other fighting for LGBT rights use the rainbow flag or its colours as a medium to communicate their ideology their rights. The irony in all this is that dominant sections of society have displayed a remarkable indifference towards understanding or engaging with the LGBT community or their languages of protest of protest and solidarity. This project tries to address the widening gap between the LGBT community and mainstream society by drawing attention to the myriad struggles through which young members of the community are trying to legitimize their identities to themselves and to society at large. It looks into the ways in which their personal struggles to come out become part of a cultural and political language that seeks to be heard and understood. It focuses on a small group called Dhanak in JNU (Jawarharlal Nehru University) that supports LGBT rights and strives to create free spaces for homosexual people within the University campus.Item Open Access Fishing in common waters: fishing communities in coastal Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2015) Shiroya, Hardik; Desai, BinitaThis report presents the design of a Graphic Novel as a storytelling medium; communicating ideas visually. The design project was initiated with an aim of communicating culture of coastal Gujarat to the rest of Gujarat through stories, specifically folktales of the Gujarat fishermen. The objective of the design was to try to fill the gap between these two groups. The graphic novel format was chosen for the purpose of sharing stories visually and in an interesting way, the medium seemed most appropriate and chose to create a graphic novel as the final product for my project. The confirmation of visualizing a Graphic Novel as the final product was done by interviewing a few children and taking their views on the medium. Compiling a collection of folktales and proved unfruitful and rather ineffective. The focus of the project then shifted to doing research on their culture and preparing a story in the form of an ethnographic narrative. The research work was done on the Kharwa, Koli and Machhwara communities with the field sites being Veraval, Jaleshwar, Sutrapada, Diu, Ghoghola and Vanakbara. Developing a story for the Graphic Novel with the data gathered from the field turned out to be the most important part of the process. After several iterations of trying to construct a narrative, one option was selected which also seemed exciting to visualize. The plot of the final story describes the scenario of the Kharwa and Machhwara communities; the lives they lead and about fishing which is their livelihood. The narrative is built around the relationships among the people within the community and their relationship with other communities made explicit through their history, fishing business and their relationships with each other at sea. Efforts have been made to include all aspects that are crucial in defining their respective cultures. The flow of the story is maintained by incorporating the facts that were gathered in my field visits. Scenes from the story were visualised through rough sketches drawn on paper. A track was kept to maintain the continuity in the drawings and modifications were done to them according to the story. The rough sketches were turned into detailed drawings with pencil and were filtered to be organized in panels of the Graphic Novel layout. The product worked out to be an effective representation of the culture. It establishes the idea of stories as a good medium to convey stories of different cultures and perspectives.Item Open Access Fist tales: cuisine of coastal Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2015) Sharma, Mitali; Desai, BinitaThe project focuses on an aspect of what UNESCO defines as the “ intangible cultural heritage of a country or a region”. It explores at the culinary heritage of Coastal Guajrat. One of the predominant elements of Gujarat Coastal cuisine is fish and the fishing communities dominate region as a whole. The main objective of the project is to show these communitie the Kharwa, Koli and Machhiyara are revolved and adapted the custom traditions of the land and developed a distantinctive cuisine around their catch.Item Metadata only Nameless workers: who build our cities(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2015) Patel, Pooja; Sarkar, AditinathMy project is based on the premise that there prevail certain social and cultural constraints among the construction worker community. Construction worker get the worst treatment, mainly because of the nature of their jobs. People do not trust them easily. There are 1.25 billion people in India out of which 30% of the population consists of these construction workers. They are not consuming any resources extensively. They make do with whatever they get. Ironically, they make jhopari colonies, adjacent to the work-site and soon the proud owners of the new residences try to force them to move. Their earnings are sent to the families in the villages they have left in search of work.Item Open Access Theyyam: the dancing colours of caste focus: north Malabar (Kerala)(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2014) Haritha, V. V.; Pandya, Vishvajit; Mazumdar, MadhumitaThe objective of the project is to explore something which is unseen, exploring the changes in the social hierarchy by revolutions in Kerala. Theyyam, the ritual form of worship of North Malabar(district of Kannur and Kasargod) is taken as the medium of communication since it reflects the shifts and mobilities of elements in ritual, economical and ideological hierarchies in the society of North Kerala. During my field trip and research I could experience the culture and traditions in that region. It allowed me to see the arts and performance in a broader perspective and to understand how it is related to the tradition and life of the people.Item Open Access Siddis of Gujarat: contrasting perspective(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2014) Pukadyil, Roshini; Desai, BinitaThe vast population of the sub-continent of India is composed of different ethnic groups with diverse cultures and languages. There are many instances in Indian history that record the arrival of foreign immigrants who have settled, flourished and adapted to the Indian culture. For example to avoid religious oppression by the Muslims, many Iranians migrated to India and formed a Parsee community. They integrated themselves into the Indian society in terms of national citizenship and languages but simultaneously maintained their distinct ethnic identity, traditions and behavioral practices. Another such instance from ancient times is of the Siddi community who were the immigrants from African who mainly came as slaves and a few of them as traders. This project attempts to create a digital experience of their rich culture, their adaption to the locality they settled into and the conflicts that exist within the community. In the process, I identified a communication problem within their social, economical and political context and the conflicts that followed owing to the inability of one group to empathize with the problems of the other. I focused on two major settlements of the Siddis within Gujarat which are the Junagadh tribal and the Ahmedabad urban district. I ended up observing the both the communities had contrasting stories to offer of their past, their culture, its preservation and the present status. For example, the Junagadh Siddis have been provided Scheduled Tribe recognition by the government, which seemed to unfair to the Ahmedabad Siddis, since they are not given any such special acknowledgement as they live in an urban space. The end result of my project is a documentary film on the community showing recognition of their identity, the difference in their lifestyles and how these dissimilarities end up becoming the reason of personal grievances and conflicts. It also helps in bringing to light the Siddi community and the disparities within the community and society at large. Objectives: 1. Exploring and first understanding the Siddi community residing at the urban (Ahmedabad) and rural (Junagadh) areas of Gujarat. 2. Identifying a communication problem present within the community. 3. Using a medium that appeals to a large audience.Item Metadata only Patola: the ikat of Gujarat(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2014) Shah, Namita; Mazumdar, Madhumita; Raje, NitinAny discussion of Ikat weaving in Gujarat begins and ends in the Patan Patola. The Patan Patola is indeed the finest representation of the ikat in Gujarat and also the most expensive in the market but, the Ikat of Rajkot and Surendranagar also stand at the same level in terms of quality and aesthetics. In recent times the Patan Patola has also received the Geographical Indication (GI) certification to protect its distinctive identity and ensure its survival. This is indeed a matter of pride for the Ikat weavers of Patan. But other weavers of Ikat located in Rajkot and Surendranagar have felt threatened by the new distinction conferred on Patan and have complained that the market for their Ikat could be impacted. After consultations with specialists at ATIRA and after doing extensive ethnographic research among consumers and the Ikat producers of Gujarat at the Garvi Gujarat annual exhibition, I felt that one way addressing the concerns of the Ikat weavers of Surendranagar and Rajkot would be to promote their products on a platform that would showcase Ikat weaving traditions in Gujarat as a whole. Hence, I chose the platform of an interactive multimedia kiosk because I thought in could reach out to wide range of consumers at an exhibition site that brought together both weavers and consumers at a single location. The interactive kiosk could be situated easily at the ground of the Garvi Gujarat exhibition as well as other similar exhibition sites where audio-visual promotional material on textiles mainly films were. Already being used to educate consumers. After looking at the response to these films that were being shown at the exhibition ground, I realized that consumers visiting the exhibition grounds had little time to sit through an entire film. They had time constraints and wanted to do a quick check on the product they were buying. In there circumstance is was better to develop a communication strategy that would provide them with the relevant information and give them the choice to seek out whatever they wanted. A film did not gave them that choice. The multimedia interactive framework would bring together the story of Ikat in Gujarat, that is bring out the distinctiveness of each of its weaving centres and allow the consumers to make an informed choice about the product they would wish to buy. This interactive multimedia kiosk, at the heart of textile exhibitions, besides communicating the story of Ikat of Gujarat to the consumers, would also brand Patoda a s’Ikat of Gujarat’ and not separately as Patan, Rajkot or Surendranagar Patola as well as encourage tourist to visit Rajkot and Surendranagar along with Patan to see and understand Ikat of Gujarat. This will also help weavers from these two regions to sustain themselves and establish their identity as equal contributors as protectors of Ikat tradition of Gujarat along with Salvis of Patan.Item Open Access Generating recommendatins for agricultural crop production(Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, 2012) Jain, Yash; Chaudhary, SanjayAgricultural Productivity depends on large number of parameters such as climatic conditions, soil quality, socio-economic factors, cultural practices, cultivation factors, technological innovations etc. The change in climate has a significant impact on the crop production. Scientists all over the world are trying to model the change in climate and various parameters affecting it. A huge amount of spatial data is available regarding climatic conditions, agricultural productivity etc. The data is available at varying resolutions. Applications of spatial data analysis in generating the rec-ommendations for farmers is considered. We specifically consider for cotton crop in North Gujarat region. A recommendation system is developed which helps farmers in various stages of farming. An extensive knowledge base in the form of ontology is also developed to provide support for better reasoning. The future extensions of the work includes the development of web based interfaces and a service oriented architecture to access the system in a platform independent manner. The recommendations would typically help the farmers choose the appropriate fertilizers, pesticides, cultural methods etc.