Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
About PhotoVoice methodology
"Photovoice is a method that enables people to define for themselves and others, including policy makers, what is worth remembering and what needs to be changed." - Carolyn Wang
The photovoice concept was developed by Caroline C. Wang and Mary Ann Burris and is described in a series of research articles. They used three main sources to create the photovoice concept: the theoretical literature on education for critical consciousness, feminist theory, and documentary photography; the efforts of community photographers and participatory educators to challenge assumptions about representation and documentary authorship; and their experience applying the process in the Ford Foundation-supported Yunnan Women's Reproductive Health and Development Program.
Photovoice blends a grassroots approach to photography and social action. It provides cameras not to health specialists, policy makers, or professionals, but to people with least access to those who make decisions affecting their lives.
Photovoice has three main goals:
1.to enable people to record and reflect their community's strengths and concerns;
2.to promote critical dialogue and knowledge about personal and community issues through large and small group discussions of photographs; and
3.to reach policy makers.
The stages of photovoice include:
1.conceptualising the problem
2.defining broader goals and objectives
3.recruiting policymakers as the audience for photovoice findings
4.training the trainers
5.conducting photovoice training
6.devising the initial theme/s for taking pictures
7.taking pictures
8.facilitating group discussion
9.critical reflection and dialogue
■selecting photographs for discussion
■contextualising and storytelling
■codifying issues, themes, and theories
10.documenting the stories
11.conducting the formative evaluation
12.reaching policymakers, donors, media, researchers, and others who may be mobilised to create change
13.conducting participatory evaluation of policy and programme implementation
The photovoice concept was developed by Caroline C. Wang and Mary Ann Burris and is described in a series of research articles. They used three main sources to create the photovoice concept: the theoretical literature on education for critical consciousness, feminist theory, and documentary photography; the efforts of community photographers and participatory educators to challenge assumptions about representation and documentary authorship; and their experience applying the process in the Ford Foundation-supported Yunnan Women's Reproductive Health and Development Program.
Photovoice blends a grassroots approach to photography and social action. It provides cameras not to health specialists, policy makers, or professionals, but to people with least access to those who make decisions affecting their lives.
Photovoice has three main goals:
1.to enable people to record and reflect their community's strengths and concerns;
2.to promote critical dialogue and knowledge about personal and community issues through large and small group discussions of photographs; and
3.to reach policy makers.
The stages of photovoice include:
1.conceptualising the problem
2.defining broader goals and objectives
3.recruiting policymakers as the audience for photovoice findings
4.training the trainers
5.conducting photovoice training
6.devising the initial theme/s for taking pictures
7.taking pictures
8.facilitating group discussion
9.critical reflection and dialogue
■selecting photographs for discussion
■contextualising and storytelling
■codifying issues, themes, and theories
10.documenting the stories
11.conducting the formative evaluation
12.reaching policymakers, donors, media, researchers, and others who may be mobilised to create change
13.conducting participatory evaluation of policy and programme implementation
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
This is my voice! Project start!
Project preparation has started, and we will have a meeting with all the partners in Warshaw, Poland, in the dates 8-10 april 2011.
What is the project about?
This is my Voice is about making loud and public the silent voices of 40 deaf youngsters from Poland and Romania through the Photo Voice methodology.
The main purpose of the project is to help 40 deaf youngsters to integrate more in the community and in the working market, showing that deaf youngsters are able to work and be part of the big world, having a lot of abilities and talents.
Euroarte Association, Vasiliada Association from Romania will unite their efforts with two informal groups from Poland: Polish Intercultural Group and Silent Voices.
The project is to take place in Romania and Poland, with an activity calendar ranging from May to September 2011. Involved in a training programm in their own country, working in paralel, the 40 youngsters will meet in Romania.
Each of the 4 promoters will involve it’s 10 beneficiaries, in a programme using photo voice methodology to learn to express their needs and ideas in relation with society. Through photo voice the youngsters will identify and discuss their problems, finding the solutions.
After an intensive and extenssive phototraining the 40 youngsters from the two different counties will meet eachother to witness their progress and results.
Photo exhibitions, web platform, happenings and nonformal activities will constitute the output of the project to make the message clear to the community.
This is my voice will speak for the youngsters - despite their hearing and speaking disabilities - in a unique and powefull voice, delivering a clear message to the community. That message could be easyly sinthetised as: We want in!
What is the project about?
This is my Voice is about making loud and public the silent voices of 40 deaf youngsters from Poland and Romania through the Photo Voice methodology.
The main purpose of the project is to help 40 deaf youngsters to integrate more in the community and in the working market, showing that deaf youngsters are able to work and be part of the big world, having a lot of abilities and talents.
Euroarte Association, Vasiliada Association from Romania will unite their efforts with two informal groups from Poland: Polish Intercultural Group and Silent Voices.
The project is to take place in Romania and Poland, with an activity calendar ranging from May to September 2011. Involved in a training programm in their own country, working in paralel, the 40 youngsters will meet in Romania.
Each of the 4 promoters will involve it’s 10 beneficiaries, in a programme using photo voice methodology to learn to express their needs and ideas in relation with society. Through photo voice the youngsters will identify and discuss their problems, finding the solutions.
After an intensive and extenssive phototraining the 40 youngsters from the two different counties will meet eachother to witness their progress and results.
Photo exhibitions, web platform, happenings and nonformal activities will constitute the output of the project to make the message clear to the community.
This is my voice will speak for the youngsters - despite their hearing and speaking disabilities - in a unique and powefull voice, delivering a clear message to the community. That message could be easyly sinthetised as: We want in!
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