Mistry, Jayalaxshmi; Bignante, Elisa and Berardi, Andrea
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12105 |
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Abstract
One of the most recurring strengths attributed to the use of participatory video is its ability to enable social change, advocacy, activism and empowerment. Yet, to what extent is this a joint vision of all parties involved in the participatory video process? Why do researchers and participants do participatory video? What are their differential motivations and how does this affect decisionmaking during the participatory video process? In this paper, we reflect on these questions through discussing participatory video experiences of research carried out by the authors in collaboration with indigenous communities in the North Rupununi, Guyana and in Tumucumaque, Brazil. Participatory video formed part of a project involving local communities, local, national and international civil society organisations and academic researchers. We evaluate the different perceptions and distinct worldviews of the individuals, groups and organisations involved in the participatory video process, and show how these determine the ways in which people participate. We conclude that a significant component of the participatory video process needs to include the iterative surfacing of individual motivations and worldviews using an adaptive research approach. This helps to negotiate expectations of all researchers and participants at different stages of the participatory video, enabling greater outcomes for all participants, while at the same time producing more nuanced and grounded academic research.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2014 Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) |
| ISSN: | 1475-4762 |
| Extra Information: | 7 pp. |
| Keywords: | participatory video; Guyana; Brazil; expectations; motivations; decisionmaking |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Engineering and Innovation Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Innovation, Knowledge & Development research centre (IKD) International Development & Inclusive Innovation Health and Wellbeing PRA (Priority Research Area) |
| Item ID: | 44207 |
| Depositing User: | Andrea Berardi |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2015 08:51 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Aug 2017 13:25 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/44207 |
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