Project Report - La Trobe University
Project Report - La Trobe University
Project Report - La Trobe University
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The tangible results <strong>Project</strong> outputs<br />
We produced the following materials and<br />
resources for use in the Dananao Elementary<br />
School:<br />
Ichananaw Knowledge Bank<br />
A set of nine hardbound volumes of secondary<br />
materials (i.e. gathered from outside Chananaw)<br />
relevant to the Ichananaw tribe. One volume is of<br />
materials gathered which relate to Chananaw<br />
specifically; one is of materials relevant to Kalinga;<br />
one is of materials related to the Cordilleras in<br />
general; and the remaining six volumes are entire<br />
books with relevant historical or ethnographic<br />
accounts. Our intention here was to ‘bring back’<br />
some of the results of the research conducted by<br />
academics in the past to the subjects of their<br />
studies.<br />
Ichananaw Children's Storybooks<br />
A series of 21 colorfully-illustrated, individual<br />
storybooks (10-22 pages each), which retell some<br />
of the Ichananaw’s legends, fables and history.<br />
Sixteen storybooks were illustrated voluntarily by<br />
Ang Ilustrador ng Kabataan artists, three by tribe<br />
members, and we illustrated one each. All books<br />
are in multiple languages simultaneously on each<br />
page – English, Tagalog and two thirds with<br />
Chinananaw (the tribe’s indigenous language).<br />
Members of the Ateneo community voluntarily<br />
edited or produced the Tagalog translations,<br />
through the Ateneo Center for Educational<br />
Development’s coordination. From our initial<br />
intention to make one or two storybooks, this<br />
ballooned into a massive project involving direct<br />
input from almost 70 people (some from as far<br />
away as Japan, Singapore and Australia), to<br />
produce the series of 21 storybooks. This became<br />
by far the largest component of our project in<br />
terms of time, effort, cost and output.<br />
Annaja Ukali Ta-u (Here is Our Culture)<br />
A 66-page, A5-size book authored by Fargwog<br />
(Daniel) Aga-id, the Ichananaw elder who initially<br />
invited us to do this work Edited by Maria, the<br />
book contains accounts of aspects of the<br />
At the July 3, 2009 celebration in Chananaw where we<br />
presented the community with the educational<br />
materials we produced, Maria (right) shows Fâ-ras<br />
(Lucas) Badong (left) the Ichananaw Children’s<br />
Storybook she herself illustrated, in which Fâ-ras<br />
features as a main character. The story, Fangkugwoy<br />
2, is a funny play on the older Fangkugwoy story the<br />
Ichananaw have told each other for generations.