The Beneficence of Folk Art On Socio-cultural Psychology Amid COVID-19
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Abstract
This study explores the role of Indian folk artists in promoting social awareness during the COVID-19 pandemic by analyzing the interplay of socio-cultural psychology. It highlights the potential of grassroots engagement in policymaking by incorporating contributions from local actors, such as folk artists. Using media content analysis, this study examines selected electronic and social media reports published from mid-March to early December 2021, encompassing the first and second waves of the pandemic in India. The selection criteria focused on practical measures adopted by regional artisans to spread awareness about COVID-19 precautions and vaccination through folk art and craft. The findings reveal that folk artists employed innovative, culturally resonant methods to reduce vaccine hesitancy and disseminate critical health information. By documenting these creative responses, the study illustrates how folk art adapted to the pandemic's challenges, fostering societal resilience and awareness. It underscores the transformative role of traditional art in addressing contemporary crises and emphasizes the need for inclusive strategies to amplify such grassroots efforts. Keywords: COVID-19, pandemic, folk art, artisans, Indian handicrafts, folklore ___________________________________________________________________ L'influence bénéfique de l'art populaire sur la psychologie socioculturelle Cette étude explore le rôle des artistes populaires indiens dans la promotion à la sensibilisation sociale pendant la pandémie de COVID-19 en analysant l'interaction de la psychologie socioculturelle. Elle met en évidence le potentiel de l'engagement citoyen dans l'élaboration des politiques en intégrant les contributions d'acteurs locaux, tels que les artistes populaires. À partir d'une analyse de contenu médiatique, cette étude examine une sélection de rapports électroniques et de médias sociaux publiés entre mi-mars et début décembre 2021, couvrant les première et deuxième vagues de la pandémie en Inde. Les critères de sélection portaient sur les mesures pratiques adoptées par les artisans régionaux pour sensibiliser aux précautions et à la vaccination contre la COVID-19 par le biais de l'art et de l'artisanat populaires. Les résultats révèlent que les artistes populaires ont utilisé des méthodes innovantes et culturellement pertinentes pour réduire l'hésitation vaccinale et diffuser des informations sanitaires essentielles. En documentant ces réponses créatives, l'étude illustre comment l'art populaire s'est adapté aux défis de la pandémie, favorisant la résilience et la sensibilisation de la société. Elle souligne le rôle transformateur de l'art traditionnel dans la résolution des crises contemporaines et insiste sur la nécessité de stratégies inclusives pour amplifier ces efforts locaux. Mots-clés : COVID-19, pandémie, art populaire, artisans, artisanat indien, folklore
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.003 | 0.005 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.007 | 0.024 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.011 | 0.003 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.006 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".