Through the Eyes of Women: Photovoice and participatory research as tools for reimagining place

Le projet Dauphine : laisser la parole aux jeunes femmes de la rue et agir ensemble pour lutter contre la violence structurelle par l’entremise de la recherche-action participative1

“…Plusieurs recherches ont utilisé la recherche-action participative auprès des jeunes (Flicker et autres 2008;Harper et Carver 1999;McHugh et Kowalsky 2011;McIntyre 2003;MacDonald et autres 2011;Ozer, Ritterman et Wallis 2010). Si l'on considère les jeunes comme des experts ou des expertes de leur propre expérience, ceux-ci et celles-ci contribuent à la production de connaissances, ce qui les propulse dans un rôle d'agent ou d'agente de changement social (Flicker et autres 2008 : 4 Cette opérationnalisation a été élaborée dans le contexte d'une demande de subvention « Soutien aux équipes de recherche -volet émergence » dirigée par Dominique Damant (Fonds de recherche du Québec -Société et culture (FRQSC), concours du printemps 2014).…”

As potencialidades do photovoice enquanto metodología participativa na formação de Educadores Sociais

“…O seu uso teve início em projetos na área da promoção da saúde (Martin, Garcia, & Leipert, 2010), mas é em projetos de cariz social, que procuram dar voz às populações mais marginalizadas, que esta metodologia ganha agora expansão (Mcintyre, 2003;Novak, 2010). O photovoice adopta a abordagem de Paulo Freire da educação para uma consciência crítica, no sentido em que os participantes consideram a sua realidade histórica, institucional, social e política (Wang et al, 2004), contribuindo, assim, ativamente para a abordagem aos problemas pessoais e comunitários, tal como pressuposto pela Educação Social (Carvalho & Baptista, 2004).…”

Visions and Voices: Indigent Persons Living With HIV in the Southern United States Use Photovoice to Create Knowledge, Develop Partnerships, and Take Action

“…Photovoice is a flexible method both in terms of the issues it has been used 160 HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE / April 2008 to address and the geographical and culturally diverse communities in which it has been employed. For example, photovoice has been used with Latino adolescents (Streng et al, 2004) and African American breast-cancer survivors in rural NC (Lopez et al, 2005); Chinese women in the Yunnan Province, China (Wang & Burris, 1994); homeless people in Michigan (Wang, Cash, & Powers, 2000); mothers with learning disabilities in Sheffield, England (Booth & Booth, 2003); adolescents in east Baltimore, Maryland (Strack et al, 2004); working-class women in Northern Ireland (McIntyre, 2003); and Mayan survivors of civil war in Guatemala (Lykes, Blanche, & Hamber, 2003). To date, this is the first published study of photovoice applied to HIV/AIDS.…”