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Breaking cultures of silence: learnings from a participatory community-centred approach to leveraging and researching documentaries for social change
Journal of alternative and community media, volume 7, issue 1 (2022), pp. 3-22
"This article offers new learnings and recommended practices for documentary-centred grassroots engagement and social change research. These learnings were developed through a community engagement effort in 2020 that centred around a documentary film about racial violence and injustice, 'Always in S...
Putting people first: participatory development communication and sustainable development in agriculture and natural resource management
In: Handbook of communication and development
Srinivas R. Melkote; Arvind Singhal (eds.)
Cheltenham; Northampton, MA:
Edward Elgar Publishing
(2021), pp. 233-244
"Most effective agriculture, environment and natural resource management projects tend to be those in which community members, development practitioners or agriculture experts jointly identify research or development parameters and participate in the decision-making process. In these projects, commu...
These photos were my life: understanding the impact of participatory photography projects
Community development journal, volume 53, issue 4 (2018), pp. 618-636
"This article presents research on Los Talleres de Fotografia Social (TAFOS), a pioneering Peruvian community photography project, that demonstrates the enduring long-term impact that community-led participatory photography projects can have on the critical consciousness of participants. Participato...
Participatory photography for peace: using images to open up dialogue after violence
Journal of peacebuilding & development, volume 10, issue 3 (2015), pp. 74-88
"This article begins with a literature review of Participatory Photography (PP) that highlights how this tool has been mostly implemented for action research, advocacy, and public health purposes. It shows how scholars have only quite recently begun to recognise its ability to generate change among ...
Grassroots comics as participatory communication in the Khwe community, South Africa
In: Entertainment-education for health behaviour change: issues and perspectives in Africa
Chima E. Onuekwe (ed.)
Victoria, BC:
Friesen Press
(2015), pp. 109-132
"The subject of this paper is communicating with indigenous communities via grassroots comics, in this case the Khwe San who live in Platfontein in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The study is largely informed by contemporary shifts in development theory, particularly that of participato...
Participatory communication: a practical guide
Washington, DC:
World Bank
(2009), v, 50 pp., tables
"This publication is an easy-to-read introduction to current concepts and practices of development communication. It consists of four parts. The first chapter distinguishes between three main conceptual approaches to development communication: the diffusion model, the life skills model and the parti...
People, land and water: participatory development communication for natural resource management
London; Ottawa:
Earthscan; International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
(2006), 313 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.286-303, index
ISBN 1-84407343-2
"This book presents conceptual and methodological issues related to the use of communication in order to facilitate participation among stakeholders in natural resource management (NRM) initiatives. It also presents a collection of chapters that focus on participatory development communication and N...
Development communication in action: building understanding and creating participation
Oxford:
University Press of America
(2000), 325 pp., tables, index, bibliogr. p.285-313
"Addressing the use of communication (interpersonal, folk, traditional, group, organizational, and mass media) in the development process, this book discusses some of the conceptual and theoretical basis for integrating communication effectively into development plans and execution. It also examines...
Listening for a change: oral testimony and development
London:
Panos
(1993), viii, 167 pp., bibliogr. p.161-167, index
ISBN 1-870670-31-0
"The focus throughout is on "listening" to people, in order to learn from experiences. Oral testimony is considered in terms of oral history and oral artistry. The importance of listening is illustrated by a large number of entertaining case studies, drawn from both developed and developing countrie...
A passion for radio: radio waves and community
Montreal; New York:
Black Rose Books
(1992), 212 pp.
ISBN 90-5638-0834 (ebook); 1-895431-35-2 (hbk); 1-895431-34-4 (pbk)
Other Editions: also published in French and Spanish
"The primary objective of this book is to present a wide range of community radio projects, not so that the “ideal” model can be identified, but in the hope that the book will serve as a useful tool for community broadcasters and potential community broadcasters looking to create or adapt models...
