Participatory Visual Methodologies

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. Naydene de Lange is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Education at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She previously held the HIV and AIDS Education Research Chair in the Faculty of Education at the same university. Her research focuses on using participatory visual methodologies in addressing gender and HIV&AIDS issues, and integrating HIV&AIDS into Higher Education curricula.   Relebohile Moletsane is Professor and the John Langalibalele Dube Chair in Rural Education in the School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. Her areas of research include curriculum studies, rural education, gender and education, sexual and reproductive health education, girlhood studies and girls education in Southern African contexts. She is the Co-PI (with Claudia Mitchell, McGill University) on the Networks for Change and Wellbeing project (Networks for Change and Well-being (www.networks4change.co.za/). The project uses participatory visual methodologies, including photo-voice, participatory video (cellphilm), digital storytelling and drawing to address sexual violence with girls in rural KwaZulu-Natal.

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.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: A Framework for Social Change through Participatory Visual ResearchIntroductionPolicy, Policy, PolicyCommunity and Policy DialogueCritical Audience EngagementOverview of the BookKey Points of the ChapterChapter 2: Project Design: Beginning with the End in MindIntroductionResearch Design for Social ChangeParticipatory Visual MethodsA Case Study: Addressing Campus-based Sexual ViolenceConclusionKey Points of the ChapterChapter 3: Speaking Back as MethodIntroductionDefining Speaking BackOn Using Speaking Back as MethodFeatures of Speaking Back as MethodConclusionKey Points of the ChapterChapter 4: Pictures at an ExhibitionIntroductionCommunity-Based ExhibitionsProcesses in CuratingStudying ExhibitingOne Set of Photos, Multiple ShowingsMethod: Studying Audience EngagementStudying Audiences through ExhibitingExhibition CataloguesCreating an Exhibition CatalogueDrawings: Collections and CataloguesConclusionKey Points of the ChapterChapter 5: The Pedagogy of ScreeningsIntroductionWhy a Pedagogy of Screenings?Methodologies for ScreeningResearchers Screening their Own ProductionsResearchers Screening Videos Made by ParticipantsParticipants Screening their Own WorkOnline Platforms and ScreeningDiscussionConclusionKey Points of the ChapterChapter 6: Digital Artefacts: Researcher-Led Tools for DialogueIntroductionResearch-Produced Digital Artefacts: A Brief HistoryResearch-Produced Digital Dialogue Tools: Three CasesA Co-Production: Researchers and Teachers Working Together on a ‘Re-mix’ VideoDigital Artefacts: Issues to ConsiderResearcher Reflexivity/DiscussionConclusionKey Points of the ChapterChapter 7: Engaging Policy MakersIntroductionParticipant-led Tools for Engaging Policy makersTaking Research to PolicymakersUsing Participatory Video to Engage Policy MakersStudying Pathways to ImpactConclusionKey Points of the ChapterChapter 8: What Difference Does This Make?IntroductionTheories of ChangeTracking ChangeInterpretive and Ethnographic ApproachesConclusionKey Points of the Chapter