Participatory photography supporting the social inclusion of migrant youth

Pienimäki, Mari

doi:10.1080/13676261.2020.1814227

Cited by 7 publications

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“…Creative methods are increasingly favoured in qualitative research that taps into embodied experiences and aims to engage in ethical and meaningful lived experiencebased processes (Lenette 2019). In refugee studies, creative methods such as body mapping (Shanneik and Sobieczky 2023), walking interviews (O'Neill et al 2010), or photography (Pienimäki 2021) are especially effective to explore sensitive and embodied experiences in trauma-informed ways.…”

Section: Creative Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suicide Research with Refugee Communities: The Case for a Qualitative, Sociocultural, and Creative Approach

Lenette

2023

Social Sciences

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People from refugee backgrounds experience distinctively complex situations pre- and post-resettlement and are at heightened risks of suicide. The bulk of research on refugee suicide and suicidal ideation is based on diagnostic perspectives, biomedical approaches, and quantitative measures. To explore lived experience of suicide among refugee communities in more depth, this review highlights the need for qualitative, creative methods and a different paradigm to conceptualise suicide research from a social and cultural perspective as an alternative to framing and treating suicidality purely as a mental health issue. Situational and lived experience-based knowledge can significantly expand understandings of how to curb the rise in suicidal ideation and reduce suicide risks among refugees. In this context, creative research methods can be excellent tools to uncover the deeply contextual dimensions of suicidality. When interdisciplinary research explores subjective and sociocultural meanings attached to suicidal ideation, there is a greater potential to develop culturally safe supports, which are models attuned to cultural norms as determined by those most affected by lived experience of an issue or problem. Qualitative suicide research using creative methods and grounded in sociocultural knowledge can address the multidimensional and situational factors affecting refugee communities to improve interventions beyond medical framings.

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Section: Creative Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Suicide Research with Refugee Communities: The Case for a Qualitative, Sociocultural, and Creative Approach

Lenette

2023

Social Sciences

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“…The tradition of participatory photography draws on feminist theory, action research, Freire's critical pedagogy, and documentary photography (Pienimäki, 2020) with the aim of centring knowledge from experience and empowering participants through their own identification of the structures of oppression. Saltsman and Majidi (2021) identify increased interest in action research as a way to provide more collaborative framing for research and the ability to "give voice" to migrants.…”

Section: Participatory Photography Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…298-299). In addition, in this context, being able to express oneself through images rather than through words may carry importance for those who struggle with the language barrier, and therefore offers more open opportunities for self-expression (Brigham et al, 2018;Pienimäki, 2020).…”

Section: Participatory Photography Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Precariousness and Hope: Digital Everyday Life of the Undocumented Migrants Explored Through Collaborative Photography

Nikunen

Valtonen

2022

MaC

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The article explores the digital everyday life of recently or currently undocumented migrants in times of Covid-19 in Finland. It is based on an empirical case study on a collaborative photographic exhibition and workshop including visual images, diaries, interviews, and discussions. The analysis explores the ways in which a photography exhibition and a workshop may depict meaningful moments in digital everyday life as well as open up an understanding of the various vulnerabilities that emerge in the life of the undocumented, as expressed by themselves. The study demonstrates the fundamental importance of communication rights for people in precarious life situations, expressed by themselves in visual images. The insight produced multidimensionally in images, discussions, and interviews illustrate how digital media environment exposes to coerced visibility and requires constant struggle for communicative rights. These struggles take place on the material infrastructural level of devices, chargers, and access, but also on the level of self-expression and connection on social media platforms. Finally, the article discusses the emancipatory potential of a collaborative exhibition and workshop as a way to encounter and deal with increasingly vulnerable life situations. It points out the relevance of collaborative work as a research method, in providing knowledge from experience as well as space of recognition.

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“…DST has, indeed, emerged as an effective research method for researchers with an interest in democratising research practices (Ansley & Gaventa, 1997;Gaventa, 1993), challenging power relations between participants and researchers (Flicker, 2008) and recognising participants as co-constructors of knowledge, empowering them with a greater sense of agency (Alexandra, 2008;Lenette, 2017). In the field of migration studies, DST approaches have become increasingly popular in projects that seek to work alongside migrant, refugee and multicultural youth (Chan, 2019;Collie et al, 2010;Lenette et al, 2019;Pienimäki, 2020;Rubesin, 2016;Vecchio et al, 2017). These methods can enable young adults to play a more important role in the research and creative process thanks to their focus on imagery and digital technologies (Johnson, 2009).…”

Section: Transcultural Leadership Participatory Action Research and D...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth in the City: Fostering Transcultural Leadership for Social Change

Dutto,

Ricatti,

Simeone

et al. 2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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When considering the impact of migrants’ creative practices within superdiverse urban environments and their ability to both represent and engender linguistic, cultural and social change, there is a tendency to rigidly demarcate and separate the crucial roles played by artists, researchers, educators, students and activists. Furthermore, little consideration is usually given to the development of transcultural and multilingual youth’s ability to lead and engender such changes. The focus tends to be on the impact of the final artistic product, rather than on the impact of the complex participatory processes through which many of these artistic products have been developed. Drawing from the transdisciplinary work we conducted for our Youth in the City initiative (YITC), this chapter challenges these prevailing assumptions. Using the La Nostra Prato project (2019–2020) as an illustrative example, we suggest an alternative model for understanding and engendering social and cultural change: one that focuses on the transdisciplinary and transcultural processes through which young people in superdiverse urban contexts develop leadership skills through creative practices. In loving memory of Salvatore Iaconesi, who taught us the meaning and power of facing the world with a sense of “meraviglia”.

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Participatory photography supporting the social inclusion of migrant youth

Cited by 7 publications

References 33 publications

Suicide Research with Refugee Communities: The Case for a Qualitative, Sociocultural, and Creative Approach

Suicide Research with Refugee Communities: The Case for a Qualitative, Sociocultural, and Creative Approach

Precariousness and Hope: Digital Everyday Life of the Undocumented Migrants Explored Through Collaborative Photography

Youth in the City: Fostering Transcultural Leadership for Social Change

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