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"Participatory video is a growing area of research and an increasingly popular tool among practitioners, researchers, and NGOs working with communities around the world. The Handbook of Participatory Video advances the field, engaging critically with it as a research methodology and method and inter ... more
"In the field of citizen media research, considerably less attention has been paid to countries other than the US and those in Western Europe. This article is a case study that focuses on citizen media in Beijing – specifically, the Dazhalan [participatory video] project. Combining in-depth interv ... more

The Sage Handbook of Visual Research Methods

London et al.: Sage (2011), xxi, 754 pp.
"This 42 chapter volume represents the state of the art in visual research. It provides an introduction to the field for a variety of visual researchers: scholars and graduate students in art, sociology, anthropology, communication, education, cultural studies, women's studies, ethnic studies, globa ... more
"This practical guide is based on the trainings developed for the Through Our Eyes community video project, a collaboration between the American Refugee Committee International (ARC) and Communication for Change (C4C). These workshops combine sessions on key project themes—gender norms, gender-bas ... more

Community Video for Social Change: A Toolkit

Minneapolis; New York: American Refugee Committee;Communication for Change (2011), vi, 100 pp.
"Part 1 reviews critical concerns within the context of crisis and conflict-affected settings. Part 2 outlines participatory communication principles and approaches, as well as challenges in addressing sensitive issues within programs supporting social and behavior change. Part 3 focuses on the uses ... more

Participatory Video for Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change

Manchester: University of Manchester, Centre for Development Informatics (CDI) (2011), 10 pp.
"Between 2008 and 2011, Community­Based Adaptation in Africa (CBAA) – an action research project – tested tools for community adaptation and knowledge generation in eight African countries while building the capacity of its partners and local communities. Through participatory methods, the proj ... more
"This toolkit has been assembled to provide the first few stepping stones for practitioners of participatory video to begin introducing a rights-based approach into their practice. We intend this toolkit to be particularly useful for those already undertaking participatory video work in all its guis ... more
"El objetivo de la Guía es acompañar procesos de formación en teoría y técnica audiovisual, así como en comunicación alternativa, que permitan a colectivos sociales la realización de documentales sociales participativos. La Guía se inserta bajo el paraguas de la comunicación alternativa qu ... more
"This booklet documents the participatory video methodology as an affordable and easy-to-use video tool enabling community members to record their experience and strengthen their own knowledge on disaster risks and climate change, as well as to increase their capacity to act on that knowledge and se ... more

Understanding Community Media

London et al.: Sage (2010), xii, 410 pp.
"With contributions from an international team of well-known experts, media activists, and promising young scholars, this comprehensive volume examines community-based media from theoretical, empirical, and practical perspectives. More than 30 original essays provide an incisive and timely analysis ... more

Harnessing the Power of Videos: A Video Storytelling Training Toolkit for Organizations Working with Adolescent Girls

Washington, DC: Global Fund for Children;Communicating for Change (2010), 87 pp.
"Harnessing the Power of Videos is a training toolkit for community-based organizations on how they and the adolescent girls they serve can use visual media and technology to tell their stories and those of their communities; to be heard; and, in the process, to be empowered through increased skills ... more

La video dans le developpement: Filmer pour le changement rural

Wageningen; Rome; Rome: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA);FAO (2009), v, 60 pp.

Video in Development

Wageningen; Rome: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA);FAO (2009), 60 pp.
"The book was written mainly to inform rural development professionals, practitioners and decision-makers in a variety of organisations – from NGOs and farmer associations to government departments and research and educational institutions – about the diverse uses of video in development. Specif ... more

Story Circle: Digital Storytelling Around the World

Chichester, U.K; Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell (2009), xvi, 307 pp.
"Story Circle is the first collection ever devoted to a comprehensive international study of the digital storytelling movement, exploring subjects of central importance on the emergent and ever-shifting digital landscape. It covers consumer-generated content, memory grids, the digital storytelling y ... more
"In August 2007, the Government of Tanzania committed to doubling the number of training places for skilled midwives following a five-year campaign by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania (WRATZ), which culminated in the first television screening of a participatory film, ‘Pla ... more
"This ethnographic study of a participatory video workshop conducted with rural women in Fiji observed how communities engage with processes of production for empowerment, and the implications for dialogue, community building, and representation within Fiji’s fragmented multicultural society. The ... more

Resources on Participatory Video

Brighton, UK: University of Sussex, Institute of Development Studies (2008), 5 pp.

Affirming Life and Diversity: Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignty in South India

London; Hyderabad: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);Deccan Development Society (DDS);DDS Community Media Trust (2008), xiii, 60 pp.