A guide to how participatory visual methods and arts-based methods can influence social change and make a significant contribution to policy dialogue.

Autorentext

Claudia Mitchell is a James McGill Professor in the Faculty of Education, McGill University where she is the Director of the McGill Institute for Human Development and Well-being and the founder and Director of the Participatory Cultures Lab. She is an Honorary Professor in the School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She was the 2016 recipient of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Gold Medal awarded for the impact of her research which cuts across a number of areas including girlhood studies, youth, sexuality, and HIV and AIDS, gender violence, and teacher identity, and in a number of countries including Canada, South Africa, Russia, Ethiopia, and Kenya . As a methodologist she is particularly interested in participatory visual research, memory work and material culture, and autoethnography.

Zusammenfassung
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 20161202

Inhalt

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