Chinese village women as visual anthropologists: A participatory approach to reaching policymakers

Wang, Caroline; Burris, Mary Ann; Ping, Xiang Yue

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(95)00287-1

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“…Wang and associates pioneered 'photovoice' with women in communities in China with low literacy skills resulting in policy changes(e.g. Wang, Burris & Xiang, 1996) Where we go from here…”

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confidence: 99%

Reconstructing the Indigenous in African Management Research

Jackson

2013

Manag Int Rev

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“…Wang and associates pioneered 'photovoice' with women in communities in China with low literacy skills resulting in policy changes(e.g. Wang, Burris & Xiang, 1996) Where we go from here…”

Section: Throughmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reconstructing the Indigenous in African Management Research

Jackson

2013

Manag Int Rev

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“…Photovoice is a participatory action research methodology based on the idea that people are experts on their own lives (12,13). It employs photography and group dialogue as a means for marginalised individuals to deepen their understanding of a community issue or concern.…”

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‘Welcome to My Life!’ Photovoice: Needs Assessment of, and by, Persons with Physical Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

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Edusei

2011

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“…who are encouraged to document and co-share their own reality through photos (Wang 1999;Burris 1994, Wang, Burris andXiang 1996). The process of taking a photograph provides an opportunity to develop a story that was previously.…”

Section: Participatory Photographymentioning

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Participatory photography as theory, method and praxis: analyzing an entertainment-education project in India1

Singhal¹,

Harter

Chitnis

et al. 2007

Critical Arts

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In this article I analyse the role of photographs, generated in a participatory manner, in enter tainment-education practice and research. The main tenets of participatory communication as well as certain notable experiences in using participatory photography are discussed. Our experience with using participatory photography with listeners of an entertainment-edu cation radio initiative in Bihar, India, where participants combined introspection, reflection, and action, is then analyzed. Through photographs and their accompanying narratives, our participants drew connections between the entertainment-education text they consumed and their lived experiences, articulating certain ideas that were previously silenced. overlooked, or rejected. Often, inspired by the storyline of the entertainment-education text, the narratives called for wider community discussion, mobilization, and action. We conclude our article by discussing the potential and caveats associated with using this visual approach in human communication research.Keywords: participatory photography, photo-voice, participation, entertainment-education,. and visual narratives.In his work with marginalized and oppressed groups, noted Brazilian educator Paul Freire believed in the importance of creating opportunities for people to visuali their social problems and to use this visualization as a basis to stimulate collectiv' introspection, discussion, and action. The purpose ofvisualization -through drawin . sketches, and photographs -was to engage participants in their own leamin Singhal and Harter are professors in the School of Communication Studies at Ohio University. Chitnis

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Chinese village women as visual anthropologists: A participatory approach to reaching policymakers

Cited by 358 publications

References 5 publications

Reconstructing the Indigenous in African Management Research

Reconstructing the Indigenous in African Management Research

‘Welcome to My Life!’ Photovoice: Needs Assessment of, and by, Persons with Physical Disabilities in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Participatory photography as theory, method and praxis: analyzing an entertainment-education project in India1

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