Photovoice Research Articles

Tapping into the information landscape: Refugee youth enactment of information literacy in everyday spaces

The development of information literacy and learning practices in everyday spaces is explored. Data for the study was collected using photo voice technique. Data analysis was conducted using photos and analysis of group transcripts. Participants describe how they tapped into social, physical and digital sites to draw information in the process of (re) forming their information landscapes, building bridges into new communities and maintaining links with family overseas. Media formats were identified according to their appropriateness as fit for purpose, suggesting that the enactment of information literacy was agile and responsive to need at the moment of practice. The results indicate that everyday spaces provide opportunities to develop information literacy practices, which support informal learning. Findings of the study conclude that information literacy is played out in a series of digital, vernacular and visual enactments, which shape the information landscape.

Basotho herders learn through culture and social interaction

Livestock herding practice is globally viewed as a male responsibility which males learn at a young age and hence, limits education access. The study probes the cultural influence of herding on male herders and perhaps its influence on their learning preferences and styles. The study further explores the resourcefulness of social relationships in enhancing further literacy learning among the herders. Drawing on the social capital concept, this study seeks to explore its instrumentality in influencing learning. The interviews; transect walks and photo voice were employed to collect data on a group of 30 purposively sampled adult male Basotho herders. Results show that; herding is a rich learning resource of indigenous knowledge (IK). The study suggests a holistic non-formal education (NFE) provision that embraces the herders (lifestyles, social networks as well as IK practices) and a need for NFE policy and practice to explore the relevance of social literacy in its programming.

A photo voice perspective on factors contributing to the resilience of HIV positive Yoruba adolescent girls in Nigeria

There is a growing discourse worldwide on the impact of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on “at risk youths”. In response, five HIV-positive Nigerian adolescent girls were qualitatively investigated in collaboration with a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Ibadan, an urban settlement in Nigeria in 2013. Using a secondary data analysis from a photo voice component of the research, combined with narratives, we show that participants possess the capacity to overcome their adversities from the effects of HIV infection and remain resilient. Few studies have used photovoice − a visual participatory approach − and its impact on this group. The theories of Bourdieu, Piaget and Erikson were used as tools to interpret and document, resilience, social capital and coping among participants. Findings reveal participants frame positive goals, use social competence, coping skills, and express personal challenges. These have serious implications for policy makers, researchers and programmer in strengthening adolescents' resilience.

Photovoice an Exercise of Emancipation for Nursing

Photovoice an Exercise of Emancipation for Nursing

Indigenous knowledge/s of survival: implications for lifelong learning among the Basotho herding fraternity

This article foregrounds Basotho male herders' interaction with their environment as a productive platform for informal learning activities poised to address the herders' immediate and context-specific needs. Indeed, understanding how the herders interact and learn through their daily engagements with their environments has a potential to provide substantive baseline insights that could inform Lesotho's nonformal education providers and policy-making forums. Drawing on indigenous knowledge theory, the article explicates the sociocultural perspective of indigenous knowledge with emphasis on how it is acquired and applied by male Basotho herders in order to improve their lives and address their daily herding challenges. The study adopted a qualitative research methodology with a sample of 30 snowball-selected Basotho male herders using interviews, transect walk, and photo voice as its methods of data collection. The data were analysed using the pattern coding method. The findings revealed two main forms of indigenous knowledge that the herders acquired through the herding practice namely, indigenous knowledge as local science and indigenous knowledge as local practice. The study recommends more scientific research that documents Lesotho's specific indigenous knowledge-to develop a holistic nonformal education curriculum and to nurture the rare indigenous knowledge skills of the Basotho male herders.

New academics, new higher education contexts: a critical perspective on professional development

ABSTRACTNew academics entering higher education are especially vulnerable if teaching in a post-colonial classroom is not foregrounded as an explicit part of their professional induction. Drawing on a study of a professional development programme for induction to teaching, this paper explicates how six new academics confront specific challenges of exclusion, marginalisation, and alienation at institutional, faculty, departmental and classroom levels. Framed by critical and social realist theory, the study uses photo voice methodology to elicit new academics' critical insights in the ‘learning to teach’ frame. The paper asserts new academics must engage in ways that make explicit the racial, gendered and class-based constraints experienced in various university spaces. While the relevance and legitimacy of current professional development programmes depends on their ability to be responsive and socially just, the study also questions whether programmes alone can challenge deep systemic constraints that are reproduced through current university structures and culture.

Worth a Thousand Words? Advantages, Challenges and Opportunities in Working with Photovoice as a Qualitative Research Method with Youth and their Families

Bei Photovoice, einer eingefuhrte Methode im Rahmen partizipativer Forschung, nutzen Individuen Fotos, um fur sie relevante Themen zu dokumentieren und zu reflektieren. Entwickelt Mitte der 1990 Jahre und eng verbunden mit partizipativen Prinzipien hat sich Photovoice bewahrt, um Ausdrucksweisen von und Zugangsweisen zu spezifischen Untersuchungsgruppen besser als vorher zu unterstutzen. In diesem Beitrag befassen wir uns mit Herausforderungen und Optionen der Nutzung von Photovoice fur qualitative Studien durch die Diskussion relevanter Literatur und von Studien, die im Rahmen von IN•GAUGE ® durchgefuhrt wurden, einem Forschungsprogramm, in dem Photovoice und anderer visuelle Verfahren uber 15 Jahre angewandt wurden in Untersuchungen mit Jugendlichen und ihren Familien. Vor diesem Hintergrund identifizieren wir Potenziale fur die Weiterentwicklung von Photovoice und fur die Konzeption ethischer Richtlinien, die erforderlich sind, um die partizipativen und Empowermentanteile des Verfahrens zu starken. URN: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs170124

“The decontamination is not done”: a photovoice exploration of the lives of internally displaced people in Fukushima

“The decontamination is not done”: a photovoice exploration of the lives of internally displaced people in Fukushima

Teachers’ experiences of technology-based teaching and learning in the Foundation Phase

ABSTRACTThis paper presents one aspect of a larger scale doctoral study, namely the teachers’ experiences of technology-based teaching and learning in the Foundation Phase. Technology is a huge driver of change and South African education has to change regularly to meet the requirements set out by the Department of Education, including the development of learning outcomes for the 21st century. This study therefore explored teachers’ experiences of technology-based teaching and learning in the Foundation Phase. Qualitative case study research methods such as photo voice, semi-structured interviews and field notes were conducted within two cases of technology-rich schools and examined through the Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge framework. Data yielded results that correlated with the theoretical framework namely: technological knowledge; pedagogical knowledge; and content knowledge, as well elements such as technological tools, 21st century skills and technology-based teaching and learning in the Foundation Phase. Finally, the significance of this study was that the data gathered proved worthwhile in producing a framework in order to understand Foundation Phase teachers in context as well as provide a robust contribution to the way in which technology-based teaching and learning occurs.

A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Accessing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Disabled People in Malawi.

Globally, millions of people lack access to improved water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH). Disabled people, disadvantaged both physically and socially, are likely to be among those facing the greatest inequities in WASH access. This study explores the WASH priorities of disabled people and uses the social model of disability and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework to look at the relationships between impairments, contextual factors and barriers to WASH access. 36 disabled people and 15 carers from urban and rural Malawi were purposively selected through key informants. The study employed a range of qualitative methods including interviews, emotion mapping, free-listing of priorities, ranking, photo voice, observation and WASH demonstrations. A thematic analysis was conducted using nVivo 10. WASH access affected all participants and comprised almost a third of the challenges of daily living identified by disabled people. Participants reported 50 barriers which related to water and sanitation access, personal and hand hygiene, social attitudes and participation in WASH programs. No two individuals reported facing the same set of barriers. This study found that being female, being from an urban area and having limited wealth and education were likely to increase the number and intensity of the barriers faced by an individual. The social model proved useful for classifying the majority of barriers. However, this model was weaker when applied to individuals who were more seriously disabled by their body function. This study found that body function limitations such as incontinence, pain and an inability to communicate WASH needs are in and of themselves significant barriers to adequate WASH access. Understanding these access barriers is important for the WASH sector at a time when there is a global push for equitable access.

Neighbourhood, Disorder, Safety and Reputation and the Built Environment: Perceptions of Low Income Individuals and Relevance for Health

Studies have consistently shown that living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods is associated with poor health. There is also some evidence that low income individuals may benefit from living in more advantaged neighbourhoods. However, while neighbourhoods are regarded by policy makers as key social determinants of health and important intervention sites for addressing health inequalities, the exact mechanisms linking neighbourhoods to health remain unclear. Key aspects of neighbourhoods previously shown to be associated with neighbourhood health are neighbourhood reputation, safety and disorder, which have also been linked to the built environment. Residents in disadvantaged neighbourhoods tend to perceive these aspects of their neighbourhood less favourably than residents of advantaged areas.This paper uses Bourdieu’s critical theory of the social reproduction of inequalities to explore how different perceptions of safety, disorder and reputation in contrasting socioeconomic neighbourhoods may influence the health and wellbeing of low-income residents. We identified a group of low income individuals residing in divergent socioeconomic areas in Adelaide, South Australia and explored their neighbourhood perceptions, using survey, in-depth and photo voice interviews. Our findings suggest that low-income individuals benefited from living in an advantaged area where the built environment was well resourced by the economic, cultural and social capital present in the neighbourhood resulting in a more positive perception of the built environment with few signs of disorder, which in turn promoted healthy behaviour and community engagement. However, the impact of the built environment and perception of disorder and safety seemed to affect individual’s health behaviour and wellbeing differently depending on their individual circumstances. Overall this study found that perception of the neighbourhood’s built environment reflected the area’s reputation and levels of disorder and safety, which were influenced by resources of neighbourhood capital suggesting that neighbourhoods can be sites of inequalities for people who are already disadvantaged.

"Unmasked to a Positive Triumph": Women With HIV Share the Benefits of Showing Their Faces Through Photovoice.

"Unmasked to a Positive Triumph": Women With HIV Share the Benefits of Showing Their Faces Through Photovoice.

Lived Experiences and Visual Storytelling in Rural Korean Students

This study aims to explore the lived experiences of rural students in Korea in words and visual images using Photovoice. Three sessions were conducted over one month in 2014 with six elementary students. Data was collected by student photovoice in their life. Spiral data analysis was used for analyzing the data. The following results were obtained. First, conducting an expression activity class using photo voice involves a process of practicing, reflecting, and observing class, and learned knowledge that comes into one's life through the completion and organization of photovoice. Exploration through questions led students to make creative expressions through movement. Photovoice, which was made as the class was organized, made students “review” those photos that were not seen in the context. As a result, the expression activity design of the narrative curriculum allowed movement-oriented expression activities to promote intellectual growth and enable students to make diverse and creative self-expressions. Second, students learned this through practice and the experience of using photo voice. As they sought knowledge in everyday life on their own by talking with other people and discussing the developed photos, they began to derive meaning from them. Photovoice proved to be an activity through which one can realize an expression activity through the quest for knowledge in daily life. Thus, the narrative curriculum's expression activity established a link between the knowledge learned in school and students’ lives.

Home Food Environment Observations Using a Photo Voice Texting Method With Parents

Objective:The nearly ubiquitous use of smartphones provides novel opportunities to assess home environments without significant time commitment or invasion of privacy. This study aimed to describe photo and text observations collected through self-assessments of home food behaviors and the home food environment. Design, Setting and Participants: Forty-three parents (57% non-Hispanic white; 35.7% Hispanic; 7.3% other) of a preschool aged child were recruited at childcare facilities in central Texas. For two weeks, researchers prompted participants via text to complete a series of self-assessments addressing food in the home and nutrition practices using grounded theory. Topics included: meal preparation, family mealtime, food in the home, goal-setting to improve family food and nutrition behaviors. Utilizing personal mobile phones, participants sent a photo and brief text reflection for each assignment. Participants were assisted in short and long-term goal setting to address identified nutrition barriers. Outcome Measures and Analysis: Photos and reflections were analyzed thematically using NVivo 10. Results: A common barrier included conflicting family schedules, which interfered with cooking and eating meals at home together. Food preferences for non-nutritional foods were a common barrier to providing fresh fruits and vegetables. Common goals included creating weekly menu plans, involving children in meal preparation and providing balanced meals based on family food preferences of fruits and vegetables. Conclusions and Implications: Photo reflections prompted participants to increase their awareness of home eating behaviors and to promote positive changes with goal setting. Photo Voice activities may allow researchers and health professionals to connect with busy parents, potentially empowering parent’s assessment of their home environments and recognize the need for change. Funding: Texas State University, Research Enhancement Program.

Community Change Perceived by participants in the Integrated Program for Early Children Development with Low-income Families Using Photo-voice Method : Centered on the Case of 'Seesaw and Swing'

본 연구의 목적은 조기개입과 교육?복지?의료의 통합지원을 통해 기회균등 효과를 달성하고자 하 는 영유아통합지원 실천 참여자의 지역사회 실존적 경험에서 발견한 지역사회변화 인식을 보는 것이 다. 연구방법은 연구 참여자 인식을 사진을 통해 공유하는 포토보이스 방법을 사용하였다. 연구결과, 본 사업 참여 전의 지역사회는 ‘무장소의 발견’(주눅 들어 웅크리고 살아야 하는 의미 없는 공간, 우리 동네) 이었다. 하지만 영유아통합지원 실천을 통해 ‘다시 뿌리내리기’(You are not alone)를 경험한 다. 이는 본 실천을 통해 ‘양육품앗이’ 공동체 체험을 하며 지역사회 네트워크로 편입되어가는 과정이 었다. 실천경험의 결과 연구 참여자에게 지역사회는 교육?복지?의료자원 네트워크라는 새로운 장소, 즉 ‘장소성의 회복’(내 안에 피어난 새로운 장소, 우리동네)을 경험하였다. 이에 본 연구는 저소득?빈곤지역을 대상으로 한 지역사회개입의 영유아통합지원 실천의 필요성을 제기하며 포토보이스 연구결과에서 발견한 지역사회에 대한 반성적 고찰단계, 재정착 단계, 장소성 회 복 단계 등을 제시한다. 더불어 지역사회변화 실천주체인 ‘양육품앗이’조직의 중요성과 사회자본 형성 노력 또한 제기한다.

Photo voice as a methodology to visualize assets for an active life style of adolescents in preparatory secondary vocational education (PSVE)

It has been shown that a growing number of adolescents between the age of 13 and 17 years is dropping out on sports, both physical education and membership of sportsclubs. This holds true for especially adolescents attending preparatory secondary vocational education (PSVE). At the same time the number of PSVE-adolescents with obesity is …

El camino de la investigación acción como un proceso que construye y transforma: Una experiencia con personas voluntarias del ministerio Kadosh

Recibido 2 de octubre de 2013 • Corregido 28 de julio de 2014 • Aceptado 22 de agosto de 2014Este artículo describe un proceso de investigación acción cuyo propósito fue generar un acompañamiento mutuo entre un equipo de 21 personas voluntarias, que trabajan con niños y niñas menores de nueve años en el ministerio Kadosh, y la investigadora; por lo tanto, en él podrán leer el camino que se recorrió, los lugares a los que se llegaron, los descubrimientos y aprendizajes construidos acerca del desarrollo integral de los niños y las niñas. También se exponen las implicaciones metodológicas de la puesta en marcha de esta investigación llevada a cabo desde las sendas del paradigma naturalista, en las cuales, como instrumentos recolectores de la información, se utilizaron cámaras fotográficas, grabadoras de voz y diversos materiales escritos. Como parte del proceso de construcción asociado al rol de la investigadora, se destaca un inicio a partir de la posición vertical de conocimiento que evoluciona hacia una relación epistemológica y ontológica horizontal-circular entre participantes, por medio de la cual se logran ver reflejadas las nuevas posiciones de interacción e intervención grupal. Estas no fueron fáciles de construir, pero que a través del diálogo, la amistad, la convivencia y los intereses comunes se lograron. El reconocimiento de nosotros y nosotras mismas como personas participantes de este proceso, poseedoras de conocimiento y sujetos capaces de construir caminos, ha significado el mayor aprendizaje y motivación para continuar hacia adelante.

COPASCities: Childhood Obesity Prevention in South Carolina Communities

Objective: Re-framing childhood obesity prevention. Description: Obesity is typically framed as a lifestyle issue, with individual behavior change, and individual motivation as the primary solutions. Funders are encouraging communities to create policy, systems, and environmental changes (PSE). To be effective at this, community coalitions need to be able re-frame obesity prevention as a social problem. Evaluation: We used Q methodologies, participatory capacity building, photo voice, and other participatory research methods to catalyze and examine re-framing in partner communities. Conclusions and Implications: Childhood obesity prevention through PSE requires that communities have the capacity to re-frame to motivate collective action. Funding: USDA Grant #2012-69001-19615

Ofer Wolberger’s Visitor and the Larger Context of Self-Published Photobooks

Research Article| July 01 2014 Ofer Wolberger’s Visitor and the Larger Context of Self-Published Photobooks Larissa Leclair Larissa Leclair LARISSA LECLAIR is an independent curator and writer, and founder of the Indie Photobook Library (www.indiephotobooklibrary.org), a US-based archive that collects and showcases self-published and indie published photobooks, and facilitates discourse on trends in contemporary publishing and scholarly research. She has written for Photo District News, GUP Magazine, Photography Quarterly, Photo-Eye, and Voices of Photography, and serves as a juror for photography awards and festivals internationally. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Afterimage (2014) 42 (1): 14–19. https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2014.42.1.14 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Larissa Leclair; Ofer Wolberger’s Visitor and the Larger Context of Self-Published Photobooks. Afterimage 1 July 2014; 42 (1): 14–19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/aft.2014.42.1.14 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAfterimage Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2014 Afterimage/Visual Studies Workshop, unless otherwise noted. Reprints require written permission and acknowledgement of previous publication in Afterimage.2014 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.

The influence of ecosystemic factors on black student teachers' perceptions and experience of early childhood education

The low enrolment and pass rate of Black students motivated this study to explore how the ecosystemic factors influenced Black student teachers’ perceptions and experiences of ECE at a former white university. This study aimed to understand Black student teachers’ perceptions and experiences of ECE, to provide recommendations to strengthen the ECE programme to meet the needs of the Black students it serves and finally the insight gained addressed the need to recruit and retain Black students. Qualitative research methods such as “photo voice” (Olivier, Wood & De Lange 2009), narratives and semi-structured interviews were conducted and examined through the theoretical lens of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory. Initial analysis of the data revealed several categories, such as perceptions of career, status and programme; financial implications; support; and current experiences. Thereafter, further interpretation of the data explicated the following themes: ‘history’, ‘it’s all about money’, ‘community’, ‘cultural relevance’ and ‘me, myself and others’. KEYWORDS: Black student teachers, ecosystemic factors, Early Childhood Education, experiences, perceptions, former white university