Participatory Visual Methodologies

Social Change, Community and Policy
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Claudia Mitchell
Naydene De Lange
Relebohile Moletsane - University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Participatory Visual Methodologies
September 2017 | 248 pages | Sage UK
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This book demonstrates how data from participatory visual methods can take people and communities beyond ideological engagement, initiating new conversations and changing perspectives, policy debates, and policy development. These methods include, for example, photo-voice, participatory video, drawing/mapping, and digital storytelling.

Organised around a series of tools that have been used across health, education, environmental, and sociological research, Participatory Visual Methodologies illustrates how to maintain participant engagement in decision-making, navigate critical issues around ethics, track policies, and maximize the potential of longitudinal studies. Tools discussed include:

  • Pedagogical screenings
  • Digital dialogue devices
  • Upcycling and ‘speaking back’ interventions
  • Participant-led policy briefs

An authoritative and accessible guide to how participatory visual methods and arts-based methods can influence social change, this book will help any postgraduate researcher looking to contribute to policy dialogue.

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: A Framework for Social Change through Participatory Visual Research

  • Introduction
  • Policy, Policy, Policy
  • Community and Policy Dialogue
  • Critical Audience Engagement
  • Overview of the Book
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 2: Project Design: Beginning with the End in Mind

  • Introduction
  • Research Design for Social Change
  • Participatory Visual Methods
  • A Case Study: Addressing Campus-based Sexual Violence
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 3: Speaking Back as Method

  • Introduction
  • Defining Speaking Back
  • On Using Speaking Back as Method
  • Features of Speaking Back as Method
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 4: Pictures at an Exhibition

  • Introduction
  • Community-Based Exhibitions
  • Processes in Curating
  • Studying Exhibiting
  • One Set of Photos, Multiple Showings
  • Method: Studying Audience Engagement
  • Studying Audiences through Exhibiting
  • Exhibition Catalogues
  • Creating an Exhibition Catalogue
  • Drawings: Collections and Catalogues
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 5: The Pedagogy of Screenings

  • Introduction
  • Why a Pedagogy of Screenings?
  • Methodologies for Screening
  • Researchers Screening their Own Productions
  • Researchers Screening Videos Made by Participants
  • Participants Screening their Own Work
  • Online Platforms and Screening
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 6: Digital Artefacts: Researcher-Led Tools for Dialogue

  • Introduction
  • Research-Produced Digital Artefacts: A Brief History
  • Research-Produced Digital Dialogue Tools: Three Cases
  • A Co-Production: Researchers and Teachers Working Together on a ‘Re-mix’ Video
  • Digital Artefacts: Issues to Consider
  • Researcher Reflexivity/Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 7: Engaging Policy Makers

  • Introduction
  • Participant-led Tools for Engaging Policy makers
  • Taking Research to Policymakers
  • Using Participatory Video to Engage Policy Makers
  • Studying Pathways to Impact
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 8: What Difference Does This Make?

  • Introduction
  • Theories of Change
  • Tracking Change
  • Interpretive and Ethnographic Approaches
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Description

This book demonstrates how data from participatory visual methods can take people and communities beyond ideological engagement, initiating new conversations and changing perspectives, policy debates, and policy development. These methods include, for example, photo-voice, participatory video, drawing/mapping, and digital storytelling.

Organised around a series of tools that have been used across health, education, environmental, and sociological research, Participatory Visual Methodologies illustrates how to maintain participant engagement in decision-making, navigate critical issues around ethics, track policies, and maximize the potential of longitudinal studies. Tools discussed include:

  • Pedagogical screenings
  • Digital dialogue devices
  • Upcycling and ‘speaking back’ interventions
  • Participant-led policy briefs

An authoritative and accessible guide to how participatory visual methods and arts-based methods can influence social change, this book will help any postgraduate researcher looking to contribute to policy dialogue.

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: A Framework for Social Change through Participatory Visual Research

  • Introduction
  • Policy, Policy, Policy
  • Community and Policy Dialogue
  • Critical Audience Engagement
  • Overview of the Book
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 2: Project Design: Beginning with the End in Mind

  • Introduction
  • Research Design for Social Change
  • Participatory Visual Methods
  • A Case Study: Addressing Campus-based Sexual Violence
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 3: Speaking Back as Method

  • Introduction
  • Defining Speaking Back
  • On Using Speaking Back as Method
  • Features of Speaking Back as Method
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 4: Pictures at an Exhibition

  • Introduction
  • Community-Based Exhibitions
  • Processes in Curating
  • Studying Exhibiting
  • One Set of Photos, Multiple Showings
  • Method: Studying Audience Engagement
  • Studying Audiences through Exhibiting
  • Exhibition Catalogues
  • Creating an Exhibition Catalogue
  • Drawings: Collections and Catalogues
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 5: The Pedagogy of Screenings

  • Introduction
  • Why a Pedagogy of Screenings?
  • Methodologies for Screening
  • Researchers Screening their Own Productions
  • Researchers Screening Videos Made by Participants
  • Participants Screening their Own Work
  • Online Platforms and Screening
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 6: Digital Artefacts: Researcher-Led Tools for Dialogue

  • Introduction
  • Research-Produced Digital Artefacts: A Brief History
  • Research-Produced Digital Dialogue Tools: Three Cases
  • A Co-Production: Researchers and Teachers Working Together on a ‘Re-mix’ Video
  • Digital Artefacts: Issues to Consider
  • Researcher Reflexivity/Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 7: Engaging Policy Makers

  • Introduction
  • Participant-led Tools for Engaging Policy makers
  • Taking Research to Policymakers
  • Using Participatory Video to Engage Policy Makers
  • Studying Pathways to Impact
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Chapter 8: What Difference Does This Make?

  • Introduction
  • Theories of Change
  • Tracking Change
  • Interpretive and Ethnographic Approaches
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter
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Participatory Visual Methodologies

Social Change, Community and Policy

Claudia Mitchell , Naydene De Lange , Relebohile Moletsane
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September 2017 | 248 pages | Sage UK

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This book demonstrates how data from participatory visual methods can take people and communities beyond ideological engagement, initiating new conversations and changing perspectives, policy debates, and policy development. These methods include, for example, photo-voice, participatory video, drawing/mapping, and digital storytelling.

Organised around a series of tools that have been used across health, education, environmental, and sociological research, Participatory Visual Methodologies illustrates how to maintain participant engagement in decision-making, navigate critical issues around ethics, track policies, and maximize the potential of longitudinal studies. Tools discussed include:

  • Pedagogical screenings
  • Digital dialogue devices
  • Upcycling and ‘speaking back’ interventions
  • Participant-led policy briefs

An authoritative and accessible guide to how participatory visual methods and arts-based methods can influence social change, this book will help any postgraduate researcher looking to contribute to policy dialogue.


Table Of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: Introduction: A Framework for Social Change through Participatory Visual Research
  • Introduction
  • Policy, Policy, Policy
  • Community and Policy Dialogue
  • Critical Audience Engagement
  • Overview of the Book
  • Key Points of the Chapter
  • Chapter 2: Project Design: Beginning with the End in Mind
  • Introduction
  • Research Design for Social Change
  • Participatory Visual Methods
  • A Case Study: Addressing Campus-based Sexual Violence
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter
  • Chapter 3: Speaking Back as Method
  • Introduction
  • Defining Speaking Back
  • On Using Speaking Back as Method
  • Features of Speaking Back as Method
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter
  • Chapter 4: Pictures at an Exhibition
  • Introduction
  • Community-Based Exhibitions
  • Processes in Curating
  • Studying Exhibiting
  • One Set of Photos, Multiple Showings
  • Method: Studying Audience Engagement
  • Studying Audiences through Exhibiting
  • Exhibition Catalogues
  • Creating an Exhibition Catalogue
  • Drawings: Collections and Catalogues
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter
  • Chapter 5: The Pedagogy of Screenings
  • Introduction
  • Why a Pedagogy of Screenings?
  • Methodologies for Screening
  • Researchers Screening their Own Productions
  • Researchers Screening Videos Made by Participants
  • Participants Screening their Own Work
  • Online Platforms and Screening
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter
  • Chapter 6: Digital Artefacts: Researcher-Led Tools for Dialogue
  • Introduction
  • Research-Produced Digital Artefacts: A Brief History
  • Research-Produced Digital Dialogue Tools: Three Cases
  • A Co-Production: Researchers and Teachers Working Together on a ‘Re-mix’ Video
  • Digital Artefacts: Issues to Consider
  • Researcher Reflexivity/Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter
  • Chapter 7: Engaging Policy Makers
  • Introduction
  • Participant-led Tools for Engaging Policy makers
  • Taking Research to Policymakers
  • Using Participatory Video to Engage Policy Makers
  • Studying Pathways to Impact
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter
  • Chapter 8: What Difference Does This Make?
  • Introduction
  • Theories of Change
  • Tracking Change
  • Interpretive and Ethnographic Approaches
  • Conclusion
  • Key Points of the Chapter

Recent Product Reviews:

The book presents an invaluable resource for researchers using visual methods. It expands the field of participatory visual methods by providing a critical and rich perspective on its potential to impact policy-making processes. With over a decade of experience of working together in this field the authors are uniquely placed to make this contribution, as they critically engage in issues of power, ethics and representation.
Verena Thomas, School of Design, Queensland University of Technology
A vital resource for researchers and practitioners working across disciplines. This book is simultaneously a valuable synthesis of existing knowledge in the area and an important building block for the continued development of this field of inquiry.
Ioana Literat, Communication, Media and Learning Technologies Design, Columbia University
This powerful book brings together rich insights from participatory visual studies, reflexivity, and audience studies--a must for anyone wishing to engage in meaningful participatory research.
Lindsey McCarthy, Centre for Regional and Economic Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University

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