Activity: Chapathi Diagram of Influences

Catalina Alzate November 7, 2016

Guide to the activity: Chapathi diagram of influences- as part of a project by Anushree Chokappa, a student at Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology.

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Kishoris identify people and places in their village that influence them and note the magnitude of their influence in a Chapathi diagram. Bigger circles represent larger influence and smaller circles represent less influence.

Download the MS Word guide with samples of circles here- shape_guide_chapathi_diagram_of_influences

Dhwanigalu is our ongoing initiative to build agency, autonomy and leadership among young people in the margins. We began in 2016, with the support of the South Asia Women’s Fund (SAWF) initiating a year-long capacity-building program for strengthening the agency, autonomy and leadership of 85 adolescent girls in rural Mysore. Combining traditional and technology-mediated learning methodologies such as digital story telling, photo-essays, role-plays, simulation exercises and debates, we trigger learning dialogues at the grassroots.

Going forward, we plan to expand our work in this domain with dialogues for building the perspectives and capabilities of adolescent girls and boys, to question social norms that reinforce gender based discrimination, and cultures of violence. This is through our project – Namma Maathu, Namma Jaaga- a larger initiative working towards tackling the issue of gender justice and domestic violence.