The Handbook of Participatory Video

Citation

Milne E, Mitchell C & de Lange N (eds.) (2012) The Handbook of Participatory Video. Lanham MD, USA: AltaMira Press. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780759121133

Abstract
Participatory video is a growing area of research and an increasingly popular tool among practitioners, researchers, and NGOs working with communities around the world.TheHandbook of Participatory Videoadvances the field, engaging critically with it as a research methodology and method and interrogating assumptions about its emancipatory nature and potential for social change. In twenty-eight chapters, contributors examine historical, ethical, methodological, and technical aspects of participatory video and discuss power, ownership, and knowledge production. TheHandbookis organized into six parts:Locating Participatory Video, Participatory Video as a Critical Research Methodology,Working with Visual Data,Power and Ethics in Participatory Video, Dissemination and Reaching New Audiences, and Communities and Technologies.This benchmark work takes an interdisciplinary and global approach and will be invaluable to researchers, practitioners, and students.

Keywords
Participatory Video; Visual Methods; Ethics; Community Based Research; Visual Sociology; International Development; Media and Communications; Education; Health; Participatory Geographies; Qualitative Research Methods; Participatory Action Research; Participatory Methods; Social Sciences; HIV and AIDS; UK; South Africa; America; Canada; Papua New Guinea; Aboriginal Communities; Vietnam; Uganda; Zimbabwe; Hungary; Australia; New Zealand; Decolonizing Methods;