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Un article qui pour ceux qui sont intéressés par les contenus/savoirs
locaux et les NTIC?une expérience indienne..publié sur le site de
l?UNESCO.

La version française est malheureusement incomplète, mais la version
française qui se trouve plus bas est l?article complet.

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=15896&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1087847350


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TIC en faveur du savoir-faire traditionnel et du contenu local

WebWorld rend compte régulièrement des activités du Centre communautaire
de Seelampur, un centre d'apprentissage pour les filles et les femmes,
situé dans un quartier de New Delhi à forte densité et faible revenu.
Aujourd'hui, Savithri Subramanian, le coordinateur de recherche de
l'UNESCO pour les TIC en faveur de la réduction de la pauvreté, écrit
sur le sujet des "TIC en faveur du savoir-faire traditionnel et du
contenu local". (voir texte en anglais) 
Le Centre de Seelampur est l'un des neuf projets couvrant des individus
et des communautés de très faible revenu avec une variété de
technologies. Les approches technologiques et sociologiques sont
différentes et ont pour but de s'adresser tant aux racines de la
pauvreté qu'aux difficultés d'accès aux TIC pour les démunis. Un
chercheur s'assure régulièrement des possibilités d'accès suivant
l'évolution des besoins. Oeuvrant avec des initiatives parallèles de
l'UNESCO, les projets sont traités en partenariat avec des ONGs, des
gouvernements, des universités, des sociétés privées, des groupes
médiatiques et multimédias mais aussi avec des femmes et des jeunes
démunis et leurs familles.


Version complète anglaise?

WebWorld regularly reports on the Seelampur Community ICT Centre, a
learning centre for girls and women located in a high-density,
low-income area in India's capital New Delhi. Today, Savithri
Subramanian, UNESCO?s research co-ordinator for the ICT for Poverty
Alleviation project in India, writes on ?Traditional Skills, Local
Content and ICTs?. 
?I returned to the centre after going around the neighbourhood for
sometime. To my surprise, at the centre two women from tailoring classes
had made fabulous design of short kurtas with fantastic colours in
Photoshop on the computer. They appeared very happy with their efforts.
A few others were busy in looking at a site on Indian fashion. One of
them wanted to see what was Ms. World wearing on the final day of the
contest. She was told about this site by one of her friends to whom the
desk manager had shown the site a day before? (researcher?s field notes
2 September 2003) 

The Seelampur ICT centre is located in the predominantly Muslim area in
northeast Delhi. It is a very densely populated part of the city with
poor civic amenities. Family incomes are low and are earned mostly
through self-employment and education to higher levels is almost absent
especially for girls. Thus, the center offers opportunities to such
young women. 

Women who come to the center use computers with a lot of apprehension
when they start. But gradually this gives way to enthusiasm that
combined with their dedicated involvement creates many interesting
possibilities. They enjoy working on Paint Brush and other creative
tools like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Corel available on the
computers as these provide the women means to strengthen their
traditional design skills. 

After a few days of attending the center, many also start bringing to
the center embroidery work and even paintings that they have made. Many
of their designs are clear and uncomplicated and drawing from both their
tradition and their own observation. 

Datamation Foundation is a local private trust involved in development
initiatives involving ICTs particularly in the areas of gender equality
and marginalisation. This initiative, a collaboration with the Babool
Ulm Madarsa, has in many ways encouraged local art, design and
handicraft in the process of learning computers. 

Responding to the girls? needs the centre also conducts lessons in
tailoring and other skills such as embroidery. This training is
complemented by the easily accessible ICT facilities at the centre. 

The girls bring local traditional designs and patterns of embroidery to
the centre. These are computerised using scanners and digital cameras.
Then the pictures are modified, improved and more innovative designs are
developed with various colour combinations. 

As a young unmarried woman of 18 years said ?Why should I limit myself
to drawing on paper when I can now work on the computer? Creating my
design through the computer is challenging but gives me much more scope
too?. Some of the participants download patterns from the internet and
then evolve their own designs using traditional and modern tools as
their basis. It is the same with the application of intricate Mehendi
(henna) patterns traditionally made on the hands and feet of women.
Internet in conjunction with eNRICH, a local web-based browser is being
used imaginatively to record and showcase local talent and knowledge. 

The girls are keen to acquire certain vocational skills while learning
to handle computers. In order to address this, CD based vocational
skills learning packages were developed in-house where the participants
have been actively involved. 

The packages, with a voice-over option in both English and Hindi,
include henna application and designs, making of soft toys and rag
dolls, tailoring and are based on their traditional knowledge. Gradually
their traditional skills and training at the centre get transformed into
exquisite and varied products. They are getting a platform both at the
national and international level such as at the Euro 2004 Summit to both
display their skills and facilitate sales. 

?We will strive to find means to make these girls lead their lives in
their own terms and with self-respect and dignity?, Sarita Sharma, the
coordinator-researcher says. In Seelampur, many new avenues are being
explored to enable these girls with means for an independent income, a
need that becomes more focused for them after coming to the centre and
with increasing awareness on various issues. They also desire to be able
to support or help their families financially. 

Savithri Subramanian 
The Seelampur Centre is one of nine project sites covering a range of
poor individuals and communities in a variety of technology mixes. Each
one has a different social and technological access model that aim to
addresses both the root cause of poverty and barriers to ICT usage by
poor. A trained research worker in each site feeds the research findings
regularly to the project to ensure the adaptability of the access model
to suit the evolving usage needs. Working with parallel UNESCO
initiatives, the projects are operated in partnership with NGOs,
governments, universities, private companies, media and technology
groups as well as poor women, youth and their families.

http://www.datamationfoundation.org 
s.subramiam@xxxxxxxxxx 

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Title: TIC en faveur du savoir-faire traditionnel et du contenu local

Un article qui pour ceux qui sont intéressés par les contenus/savoirs locaux et les NTIC…une expérience indienne..publié sur le site de l’UNESCO.

La version française est malheureusement incomplète, mais la version française qui se trouve plus bas est l’article complet.

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/ev.php?URL_ID=15896&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1087847350

(copier coller le lien)

TIC en faveur du savoir-faire traditionnel et du contenu local

WebWorld rend compte régulièrement des activités du Centre communautaire de Seelampur, un centre d'apprentissage pour les filles et les femmes, situé dans un quartier de New Delhi à forte densité et faible revenu. Aujourd'hui, Savithri Subramanian, le coordinateur de recherche de l'UNESCO pour les TIC en faveur de la réduction de la pauvreté, écrit sur le sujet des "TIC en faveur du savoir-faire traditionnel et du contenu local". (voir texte en anglais)

Le Centre de Seelampur est l'un des neuf projets couvrant des individus et des communautés de très faible revenu avec une variété de technologies. Les approches technologiques et sociologiques sont différentes et ont pour but de s'adresser tant aux racines de la pauvreté qu'aux difficultés d'accès aux TIC pour les démunis. Un chercheur s'assure régulièrement des possibilités d'accès suivant l'évolution des besoins. Oeuvrant avec des initiatives parallèles de l'UNESCO, les projets sont traités en partenariat avec des ONGs, des gouvernements, des universités, des sociétés privées, des groupes médiatiques et multimédias mais aussi avec des femmes et des jeunes démunis et leurs familles.

Version complète anglaise…

WebWorld regularly reports on the Seelampur Community ICT Centre, a learning centre for girls and women located in a high-density, low-income area in India's capital New Delhi. Today, Savithri Subramanian, UNESCO’s research co-ordinator for the ICT for Poverty Alleviation project in India, writes on “Traditional Skills, Local Content and ICTs”.

‘I returned to the centre after going around the neighbourhood for sometime. To my surprise, at the centre two women from tailoring classes had made fabulous design of short kurtas with fantastic colours in Photoshop on the computer. They appeared very happy with their efforts. A few others were busy in looking at a site on Indian fashion. One of them wanted to see what was Ms. World wearing on the final day of the contest. She was told about this site by one of her friends to whom the desk manager had shown the site a day before’ (researcher’s field notes 2 September 2003)

The Seelampur ICT centre is located in the predominantly Muslim area in northeast Delhi. It is a very densely populated part of the city with poor civic amenities. Family incomes are low and are earned mostly through self-employment and education to higher levels is almost absent especially for girls. Thus, the center offers opportunities to such young women.

Women who come to the center use computers with a lot of apprehension when they start. But gradually this gives way to enthusiasm that combined with their dedicated involvement creates many interesting possibilities. They enjoy working on Paint Brush and other creative tools like Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and Corel available on the computers as these provide the women means to strengthen their traditional design skills.

After a few days of attending the center, many also start bringing to the center embroidery work and even paintings that they have made. Many of their designs are clear and uncomplicated and drawing from both their tradition and their own observation.

Datamation Foundation is a local private trust involved in development initiatives involving ICTs particularly in the areas of gender equality and marginalisation. This initiative, a collaboration with the Babool Ulm Madarsa, has in many ways encouraged local art, design and handicraft in the process of learning computers.

Responding to the girls’ needs the centre also conducts lessons in tailoring and other skills such as embroidery. This training is complemented by the easily accessible ICT facilities at the centre.

The girls bring local traditional designs and patterns of embroidery to the centre. These are computerised using scanners and digital cameras. Then the pictures are modified, improved and more innovative designs are developed with various colour combinations.

As a young unmarried woman of 18 years said “Why should I limit myself to drawing on paper when I can now work on the computer? Creating my design through the computer is challenging but gives me much more scope too”. Some of the participants download patterns from the internet and then evolve their own designs using traditional and modern tools as their basis. It is the same with the application of intricate Mehendi (henna) patterns traditionally made on the hands and feet of women. Internet in conjunction with eNRICH, a local web-based browser is being used imaginatively to record and showcase local talent and knowledge.

The girls are keen to acquire certain vocational skills while learning to handle computers. In order to address this, CD based vocational skills learning packages were developed in-house where the participants have been actively involved.

The packages, with a voice-over option in both English and Hindi, include henna application and designs, making of soft toys and rag dolls, tailoring and are based on their traditional knowledge. Gradually their traditional skills and training at the centre get transformed into exquisite and varied products. They are getting a platform both at the national and international level such as at the Euro 2004 Summit to both display their skills and facilitate sales.

“We will strive to find means to make these girls lead their lives in their own terms and with self-respect and dignity”, Sarita Sharma, the coordinator-researcher says. In Seelampur, many new avenues are being explored to enable these girls with means for an independent income, a need that becomes more focused for them after coming to the centre and with increasing awareness on various issues. They also desire to be able to support or help their families financially.

Savithri Subramanian
The Seelampur Centre is one of nine project sites covering a range of poor individuals and communities in a variety of technology mixes. Each one has a different social and technological access model that aim to addresses both the root cause of poverty and barriers to ICT usage by poor. A trained research worker in each site feeds the research findings regularly to the project to ensure the adaptability of the access model to suit the evolving usage needs. Working with parallel UNESCO initiatives, the projects are operated in partnership with NGOs, governments, universities, private companies, media and technology groups as well as poor women, youth and their families.

http://www.datamationfoundation.org

s.subramiam@xxxxxxxxxx