Grants:Project/Rapid/Wiki Loves Folklore Commons 2021

This Wikimedia Foundation grant has a fiscal sponsor. Wikimedia Österreich administered the grant on behalf of Open Heritage Foundation.

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Wiki Loves Folklore Commons 2021

Wiki Loves Folklore is an international photographic contest where the photographers can contribute media (photographs, video, and audio) about their local folk culture to Wikimedia Commons under free licenses to be used on Wikipedia and any other places with attribution.

targetWikimedia Commons

start date29 January

end date~~28 Feburary~~ ~~15 March~~ ~~30 April~~ 30 May

budget (local currency)1,457.57 €

budget (USD)1770

grant typeorganization

non-profit statusyes

grantee• Open Heritage Foundation

contact(s)• Support@openheritagefoundation.org

organization (if applicable)• Fiscalsponsor=Wikimedia Österreich

website (if applicable)• www.openheritagefoundation.org

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Please see the sample Contest application before drafting your application.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

Add or improve content
Engage existing and new editors

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

Wiki Loves Folklore is an international photographic contest where the photographers can contribute media (photographs, video, and audio) about their local folk culture to Wikimedia Commons under free licenses to be used on Wikipedia and any other places with attribution. This photography contest is focused on folk culture of different regions, including folk dances, folk music, folk activities, folk games, folk cuisine, folk wear, folklore, and tradition, including ballads, folktales, fairy tales, legends, traditional song and dance, folk plays, games, seasonal events, calendar customs, folk arts, folk religion, mythology, etc. The campaign is targeted at protecting the world’s intangible cultural heritage.

Wiki Loves Folklore provides an opportunity for the local folklore enthusiasts and conservationists to document their local rituals, folk cultural activities, and songs and make them freely available on the Commons. It will animate the broader Wikimedia community in improving its coverage on various cultures and new forms of heritage that haven’t otherwise been documented so far. In the last two years, we have been able to document around 27000 media from over 125+ countries. In 2019, we had a successful international edition that ran from 1-28 Feb 2019 where we got 7121 images from 1700+ participants from over 120 countries in the theme pertaining to the festivals and ceremonies from different parts of the world. In 2020, the competition elicited 19,052 image submissions, 144 videos, and 13 audio files, the campaign documented folk culture of over 125 countries around the globe. Over 1496 photographers took part and around 20 affiliates collaborated in the project.

We will use the categories on English Wikipedia to present subcategories to our participants for additional references. For more information check our 2019 grant report, 2020 grant report and meta page of 2019 and 2020 edition and Commons project Page.

This year to expand the scope of the campaign, we will endeavor to collaborate with around 10+ affiliates to organize the campaign locally like WLM and WLE.

2. How will you let your community know about the event? Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.

https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2021-January/008183.html

3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?

Volunteer juries from the respective communities, Wikimedia Commons admins, and professional photographers – will judge the photographs and select winners.

4. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?

We plan to run an illustration campaign after the photography contest is over just like in 2020, later in June. Till then, we will also work on designing some interesting sub-campaigns that invite the broader commons community to take part in the categorization and nomination of quality and valued images.

5. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

We have diversity and inclusivity at heart and will recall that in our communications. Additionally, this project will cover important gaps of indigenous knowledge that are being left out. It will allow people an opportunity to collect, document, and make that knowledge freely available with free licenses that can be used for education and research later.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

Number of participants: In the 2019 and 2020 iteration, we had the participation of average participation of over 1600 people from 125 countries. We would target at least 500 participants this time considering the circumstances of the ongoing global pandemic.
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 2000

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

Different affiliates and local heritage non-profits will support the project. An international team with tech experts, communication experts and other active members will support the project.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

Total amount: 1770 USD

Item	Budget
1st PRIZE	400
2nd PRIZE	200
3rd PRIZE	100
Top 15 consolations	150
Video PRIZE	30
Audio PRIZE	30
Top image uploader PRIZE	90
Designer	350
Communications	50
Paid campaigning	50
Miscellaneous expense	50
Fiscal Sponsor + bank fees	250
Grand Total	1770