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INDIAN NATIONAL TRUST FOR ART & CULTURAL HERITAGE HERITAGE EDUCATION & COMMUNCATION SERVICE (HECS). INDIAN NATIONAL TRUST FOR ART & CULTURAL HERITAGE HERITAGE EDUCATION & COMMUNCATION SERVICE DIVISION. FILMIT INDIA AND VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROJECTS Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS.
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INDIAN NATIONAL TRUST FOR ART & CULTURAL HERITAGE HERITAGE EDUCATION & COMMUNCATION SERVICE (HECS) INDIAN NATIONAL TRUST FOR ART & CULTURAL HERITAGEHERITAGE EDUCATION & COMMUNCATION SERVICE DIVISION FILMIT INDIA AND VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROJECTS Ms Purnima Datt, Principal Director, HECS
FILMIT INDIA 2008-13 Thinking out of the box can have any dimension, direction as long as it excites the learner. The Filmit India project is out of the box. Heritage Education and Communication Service
PROJECT AIMS THE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY THE HELEN HAMLYN TRUST,U.K. FilmIt India is a multi-cultural project in which students from the middle school make films on the heritage of their city and are shared with students in India and UK through a website http://openfutures.info/filmit/ Heritage Education and Communication Service
PROJECT MISSION It is a multi-cultural project • Nurturing cultural understanding • Developing care and concern for the world around them • Understanding the contributions made by various communities • Also having an exciting learning experience Heritage Education and Communication Service
CORE EDUCATIONAL VALUES • CREATIVE LEARNING • TEAM WORK • LANGUAGE SKILLS • COMMUNICATION • TECHNOLOGY Openness to new ideas and change Heritage Education and Communication Service
CREATIVE LEARNING MATRIX INPUT Ideas, suggestions, support DOING Learning qualities REFLECTION What distance have we travelled SHOWING Valued outcomes Heritage Education and Communication Service
USE OF TECHNOLOGY • Lifelong learning and adapt to changes • Growing emphasis on science, technology and IT • Develop new skills • Revolutionize learning and training Heritage Education and Communication Service
PROJECT TIMELINE(2008-2013) • 2008-09- Schools in Delhi • 2009-10-Added Chennai and Kolkata • 2010-11-Added Goa • 2011-12-Added Hyderabad • 2012-13-Added Mumbai • 2013-14 –Added Chandigarh Covering 7 cities and a total of 80 schools Heritage Education and Communication Service
SOME FILMIT THEMESCITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE • Monuments in the neighbourhood • Roads and markets • Religious customs and places of worship • Interesting people of the city • Life in different parts of the city Heritage Education and Communication Service
SOME FILMIT THEMESTHEIR COMMUNITY,THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS • Friendship and customs- Rakhi, Id • Communities and customs-social practices, rituals • Oral traditions and expressions- like music and the community, languages • Living in harmony-communities, surroundings, practices concerning nature and universe • Grandparents and their sharing Heritage Education and Communication Service
SOME FILMIT THEMESFESTIVALS FOCUS ON ONE OR TWO FESTIVALS HOW DO I CELEBRATE IT • food • customs • music and dance • folk stories and legends • fabrics, clothes associated with festivals -saree, dhoti, kurta Heritage Education and Communication Service
SOME FILMIT THEMESMAKING OF CRAFTS • Painting • Pottery • Rangoli • Backdrops • Recycled materials used for artifacts • Traditional puppets • Traditional crafts • Visit to a local darzi or craftsman Heritage Education and Communication Service
MY FAVOURITE FOLK STORY SOME FILMIT THEMES • Based on Indian folk stories • Can be a regional folk story • Can be based on the Panchatantra, Jataka Tales, Hitopadesha etc • Can be enacted, done in shadow form, use of puppets • Should not be only animated Heritage Education and Communication Service
WE MAKE FILMS IN INTERESTING WAYS… • Do It • Ask It • Observing • Recreating • Share It Heritage Education and Communication Service
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PROJECT • Gave the students an experience of technology to go back to their roots and appreciate their heritage.800 films …….. • Made the students share their local heritage stories • Interactions of school students during workshops and film festivals • Collaborations with organizations like India International Centre, Sunaparanta Centre for Arts etc • Showcasing films on Doordarshan,national television network • Showcased in Film festivals like Kolkata Film Festival • Submission of films for International Film Federation India My INTACH experience!To build up a story line, we went back to historyWe dug out the heritage with a lot of mystery We learnt the technicalities and the nuances of movie making Understood the importance of continuity and editing We learnt to be open minded and co -operativeWithout creating a fuss Team spirit was imbibed in us !! By Nikita Sahu, LilavatibaiPodar Senior Secondary School, Mumbai Heritage Education and Communication Service
‘Volunteerism’ VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR COLLEGES • Volunteer activity is ‘real work’; • It is not ‘peripheral’ or ‘non-essential’; • Itprovides real on-site job experience, training, and opportunities; • They support, complement, and extend the work of paid staff, and are therefore, central to the functioning of an organization. Heritage Education and Communication Service
HERITAGE VOLUNTEER • Organize community events and involve locals in restoration of their traditional handicrafts; • Heritage walks (research, guide-work and publicity campaigns); • Fund-raisingfor heritage programmes. Heritage Education and Communication Service
HERITAGE VOLUNTEER • Research and Documentation of heritage; • Raise awareness about heritage; • Widen public-outreach of the heritage organization and contribute towards its publicity campaigns; Heritage Education and Communication Service
VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAMME For volunteers support areas included: • Education And Communication • Listing of monuments and intangible heritage • Support For INTACH Chapters • Conducting Of Heritage Walks • College Support And E newsletter Heritage Education and Communication Service
Awareness Appreciation Action I CARE FOR THE WONDERS OF NATURE THAT ARE MINE TO PROTECT FOR THE RICHNESS OF CULTURE THAT I PROMISE TO RESPECT FOR THE HERITAGE OF INDIA THAT IS OURS TO PROTECT SUPPORT INTACH IN ITS ENDEAVOUR TO CONSERVE AND CARE FOR INDIA’S HERITAGE THANK YOU … Heritage Education and Communication Service