Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Monuments in Ibibio Community (ID: 22887720)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Andikan Efiok Eduok
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
I am the founder of the Wikimedia Akwa Ibom Network. I have led, organized and facilitated Wikimedia trainings and programs within Akwa Ibom State, and Rivers State, Nigeria,
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Monuments in Ibibio Community
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-02-17 - 2024-03-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Wiki Loves Folklore
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Ibibio tribe is one of the oldest ethnic groups in Nigeria, known for its rich cultural heritage, traditions and legacies, The Ibibio ethnic group is predominantly located in Akwa Ibom State, a South -southern State in Nigeria. It's cultural heritage includes the intangible heritage which includes dances like ekombi. Festivals like Ekpene, cuisine, oral traditions, and local arts. Most of these cultural practices are at risk of extinction, because they are not documented. The challenge leading to these risks includes:
- Lack of documentation: dances, songs, oral traditionals are intangible heritages which are passed down verbally, and this makes it vulnerable to extinction;
- Endangered cultural practices:
Due to modernization, the younger generations disengage from practicing our cultural practices and if this continues it will be at risk of extinction.
- Awareness Gap:
People lack knowledge in identitfying open source platforms such and the Wikimedia platforms for cultural documentation,
- Accessibility:
These cultural festivals and performances often take place in remote locations, which makes it challenging to be documented.
- Lack of technical skills:Most of the community members and photographers lack the skills needed to document and upload content on the Wikimedia platforms.
Based on my research, many articles related to Ibibio culture, and traditions on Wikipedia lack visual content and lots of topics are still not covered.
The importance of image in an article is enormous as it provides visual context in an article, enriching the content, and increasing readers engagement.
Here are a few Ibibio practices and traditions with limited representation on the open-source platforms: Indigenous healthcare practices (the knowledge behind the use of herbs for healing and spiritual cleansing in the Ibibio tradition); Craftsmanship; Marriage Customs ( the Ibibio traditional marriage rites), Festivals, Oral Narratives and forklore.
The aim of this project is to tackle the risk of endangered cultural practices and under-representation of the Ibibio rich cultural legacies and histories which is as a result of modernization through capturing and documentation of the cultural practices such as festivals, oral narratives, craftsmanship, music, traditional marriage custom, dances, local art, proverbs, etc. This will promote our cultural wealth on the Wikimedia platforms such as commons and Wikipedia, and empower the local community on the importance of cultural preservation.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | Number of total participants to be be trained and photo walk and |
| Number of editors | ||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 30 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
1. Outreach dashboard
2. Commons category
3. Hashtag tools
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
No
Endorsements and Feedback
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- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).