O Foundation (OFDN)

“Third world” and “developing world” are not our chosen identity! 🎧 Listen to our conversation with the ferocious and kind @shahidul in the recent episode of O Foundation Conversations. 🔴 theofdn.org/podcasts/episo… 📖 interview on @globalvoices: globalvoices.org/2023/03/12/thi…

𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣, a docu-fiction, written by Bharat Majhi and directed by @subhapa on reimagining inclusion and digital payments to be premiered at #ILPsummit23 tomorrow. Also being showcased at the Future|Money Open Studio. interledger.org/summit/talk/pr…

Today at #Wikimania2023: Archival Speech Data For the Win: How Archival Audio-Visual Recordings Could Help the Future of the Wikimedia Movement. 📍 2:15 PM SGT • Room 326 wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Prog… @Wikimania

The Volunteer Archivists, a 2022 documentary by @subhapa, was screened at @Wikimania yesterday (August 18th). More: wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2023:Ente… Watch this @creativecommons licensed film for free (and remix!) at theofdn.org/film/tva/ archive.org/details/the-vo… #Wikimania2023

We are so happy to finally see the outcomes of this participatory study, led in Santali by @prasantahembram, and in Ho by @birua123, who are both content creators themselves. Santali and Ho versions of this article coming soon.

We're at @GETDWeb this year! Swing by and check out our session "OpenSpeaks Before: Community-owned media as future tech foundation" at DWeb Camp 2023 sched.co/1NuEJ @GetDWeb #DWebCamp2023

ସମଦୃଷ୍ଟି ଓ ଓ ଫାଉଣ୍ଡେସନ ତରଫରୁ ଶୁଭାଶିଷ ପାଣିଗ୍ରାହୀ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦେଶିତ "ଦି ଭଲ୍ୟୁଣ୍ଟିଅର୍ସ ଆର୍କାଇଭିଷ୍ଟସ" ଡକୁମେଣ୍ଟାରିର ସ୍କ୍ରିନିଂ ପାଇଁ ନିମନ୍ତ୍ରଣ । ⭕️ ୧୩ ମଇ — ସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା ୬-୮ 📍ଲୋହିଆ ଏକାଡେମି, ୯ ନମ୍ବର, ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର ଫିଲ୍ମଟି ୨୦୦ ବର୍ଷର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ପ୍ରକାଶନ ଅଭିଲେଖ କରିବାରେ ସୃଜନିକା ସଂଗଠନର ଯାତ୍ରା ବାବଦରେ ।

Samadrusti and O Foundation invite you to a public screening of The Volunteer Archivists, a documentary by Subhashish Panigrahi. ⭕️ 12th May — 6-8 PM 📍Lohia Academy, Bhubaneswar The film chronicles the journey of Srujanika in archiving 200 years of Odia-language publications.

My article titled #TheVolunteerArchivist in @OrissaPOSTLive on the brilliant documentary film of the same name on the lifelong effort of Dr Nikhil Patnaik and Pushpashree Patnaik! The article can be accessed online at odishapostepaper.com/m/200324/64370… #srujanika @SatpathyLive

Happy Ambedkar Jayanti! Dr. B.R Ambedkar’s birthday is a moment of triumph + celebration for caste-oppressed communities in India and across the diaspora 🎇 #DrBabasahedAmbedkarJayanti #DalitHistoryMonth

✯✯½ Nani Ma "A loving homage to family and culture but needed some refining to really make it work" #Review #Documentary #ShortFilm #SupportIndieFilm filmcarnage.com/2023/03/28/rev…

"The Volunteer Archivists" was made by @subhapa The complete documentary can be viewed at archive.org/details/the-vo… It conveys beautifully the story behind Srujanika, and the challenges that lie ahead of them

Do you care about India's past? If so, please watch this haunting trailer It is the story of Srujanika, a group of volunteers saving and digitizing Odisha's literary history They have given years of their life. Can you spare a few minutes of your time? youtu.be/4_j-2d0Ju24

For an internet user in Nepal who speaks kusunda, or a santali speaker browsing through @Wikipedia, what does the internet look like? 🤔 In this week’s #WhoseVoices, we discuss meaningful access to the internet in South Asia & beyond w/ @subhapa 🌏 🔗 podcast.whoseknowledge.org/posts/ep13/

The language of power: How your trendy chatbot is leaving marginalised communities behind apc.org/en/blog/langua… By @WhoseKnowledge #AIandHumanRights #ChatGPT

We support @internetarchive that keeps afloat community media archives we co-create. Artists, activists and researchers with lesser resources would have even lesser access without controlled digital lending. Copyright is not for corporates. blog.archive.org/2023/03/20/sta…

For an internet user in Nepal who speaks kusunda, or a santali speaker browsing through @Wikipedia, what does the internet look like? 🤔 In this week’s #WhoseVoices, we discuss meaningful access to the internet in South Asia & beyond w/ @subhapa 🌏 🔗 podcast.whoseknowledge.org/posts/ep13/

Last but not least, @Alexandra_Phil_ is a #Gaeilge (#Irish) speaker who's been supporting language revitalization since an early age. She's especially passionate about supporting speakers of Indigenous and minoritized languages in urban areas.

Yazmín Novelo is a sociolinguist from the Yucatec Maya community in Mexico. She's a former news anchor who broadcast in #Maya, and has worked with #Indigenous communities around the world in #languagerevitalization. Come meet Yazmín on #IMLD2023! bit.ly/mentors-launch

Yulha Lhawa is a #linguist from the #Tibetan plateau, and a native speaker of Khroskyabs. She's passionate about technology for language documentation and revitalization, and can't wait to talk to you about your language work! Join us on the 21st to meet Yulha.