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"SMART" Photovoice Agricultural Consultation: Increasing Rwandan Women Farmers' Active Participation in Development

Myriam Gervais, Lysanne Rivard

Development in Practice, volume 23, issue 4 (2013), pp. 496-510

"Through two case studies, this paper evaluates the value of the feminist visual methodology Photovoice as an interactive consultation tool with rural Rwandan women working in agriculture. This exploratory study suggests that it is possible, through an adapted Photovoice process, to engage and empow ... more

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Facilitating Dialog About Development Through Digital Photography: Seeing Through the Eyes of Maasai Women

Benson P. Fraser, William J. Brown, Corey Wright, Steven L. Kiruswa

Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, volume 5, issue 1 (2012), pp. 20-42

"In recent decades the Maasai of East Africa have undergone substantive cultural change in response to national development efforts. This study uses participant observation, in-depth interviews, and digital photography to better understand the lived experience and development perspectives of Maasai ... more

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Changing Focus: Exploring Images of Women and Empowerment in Egypt

Kristina Hallez

IDS Bulletin , volume 43, issue 5 (2012), pp. 104-109

"In moving away from prescriptive one-way communications exercises, participatory development communications use better strategies to engage communities and capture nuance. This article examines a communications case study in Egypt: a photography competition aimed at understanding how local photogra ... more

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Espacios mediáticos: Cultura y representación en México

Ingrid Kummels (ed.)

Berlin: Edition Tranvía, Verlag Walter Frey (2012), 410 pp.

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Bilder, die Geschichte schrieben: 1900 bis heute

Gerhard Paul (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2011), 296 pp.

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Six Steps to Improve Your Photography

Bangkok: ECPAT International (2011), 75 pp.

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Media and Memory

Joanne Garde-Hansen

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press (2011), vii, 174 pp.

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The Sage Handbook of Visual Research Methods

Eric Margolis (ed.)

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

Das Jahrhundert der Bilder. Band I: 1900 bis 1949

Gerhard Paul (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2009), 822 pp.

Media and Identity in Africa

Kimani Njogu, John Middleton (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2009), xvii, 333 pp.

Das Jahrhundert der Bilder. Band: II: 1949 bis heute

Gerhard Paul (ed.)

Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2008), 798 pp.

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Imágenes: Bilder und Filme aus Lateinamerika

Daniela Ingruber, Ursula Prutsch (eds.)

Wien; Berlin; Münster: Lit (2007), 232 pp.

"Film, Telenovela und Fotographie reflektieren Mentalitäten, Wertmuster und Gesellschaftsmodelle. Sie transportieren auch politische und soziale Botschaften und wenden sich dabei zunächst weniger an das rationale Denken als an die sinnlichen Wahrnehmungen des Publikums. Gerade die Filmlandschaft L ... more

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The PhotoVoice Manual: A Guide to Designing and Running Participatory Photography Projects
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Anna Blackman, Tiffany Fairey

London: PhotoVoice (2007), 128 pp.

"The manual is intended to give an introduction to the power of participatory photography as a tool for social change with marginalised and vulnerable groups. Produced in response to the many enquires requesting advice on how to set up a participatory photography project it offers tips and suggestio ... more

ZOOM: Junge Medienwelten. Die besten Bilder und Filme der Wettbewerbe Deutscher Jugendfotopreis und Deutscher Jugendvideopreis. Fachbeiträge zu den Bereichen Jugend, Medien, Bildung

Jan Schmolling (ed.)

München; Remscheid: kopaed;Kinder- und Jugendfilmzentrum in Deutschland (KJF) (2007), 128 pp.

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Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials

Gillian Rose

London et al.: Sage, 2nd ed. (2007), xvi, 287 pp.

"This book is an introduction to reading visual culture. It explains which methods are available to the undergraduate student and shows exactly how to use them. The book begins with a discussion of general themes and recent debates, on the meaning of culture and the function of the visual, that offe ... more

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Bildrecherche für Film und Fotographie

Kai Holland, Françoise Kuntz

Konstanz: UVK (2007), 347 pp.

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Die Revolution ist ein Buch und ein freier Mensch: Die politischen Plakate des befreiten Nicaragua

Otker Bujard, Ulrich Wirper (ed.)

PapyRossa (2007), 384 pp.

"Der Band präsentiert ca. 500 Farbplakate aus dem befreiten Nicaragua zwischen 1979 und 1990 und der internationalen Solidaritätsbewegung. Sie sind so bunt wie das Spektrum ihrer Gestalter, vielfältig in ihren Stilen, eindeutig in ihren politischen und sozialen Botschaften. Die Sammlung wird erg� ... more

¿Y la recepción? Balance crítico de los estudios sobre el público

Florencia Saintout, Natalia Ferrante (eds.)

Buenos Aires: La Crujía (2006), 311 pp.

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