Anticolonial Photovoice
Adopt an anticolonial stance in each phase of your photovoice project.
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3 sessions
Session 1: 3 hours
Session 2&3: 2.5 hours - max 16 people
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150$ for 1 workshop,
300$ for 2 workshops,
400$ for 3 workshops
- Researchers, graduate students, and faculty
- Any individual using qualitative and arts-based methods
- Photovoice practitioners and facilitators
2024 course dates:
April 16 – 9.30am PT/ 12.30pm EST/ 5.30pm GMT
May 14 – 9.30am PT/ 12.30pm EST/ 5.30pm GMT
June 4 – 9.30am PT/ 12.30pm EST/ 5.30pm GMT
- Understand key colonialism-related definitions and their relationship to the concept of one’s positionality (Part One)
- Examine existing photovoice literature for anticolonial and related approaches, such as emancipatory photovoice, photovoice with Indigenous populations, and relevant photovoice ethics (Part One)
- Discuss how exploring ontology and epistemology are central to seeding right relationships in each photovoice project (Part One)
- Understand characteristics of collaborative community partnerships from an anticolonial perspective (Part Two)
- Problematize the dominant lenses of photovoice project phases, including in participant recruitment, interviewing, and group facilitation (Part Two)
- Outline the application of anticolonial principles to photovoice dissemination issues such as choosing avenues for dissemination, examining rigor, and using pseudonyms and place anonymization (Part Three)
- Discuss issues inherent in cross-cultural and cross-language research, as they pertain to an anticolonial approach (Part Three)
As a community of photovoice practitioners, we must avoid an ahistorical application of the method, thus perpetuating or reinforcing systemic oppressions.
One way to acknowledge and address the interconnected legacies of colonialism and racism in the societal issues we confront with photovoice is to adopt an anticolonial stance in each project phase. Almost all photovoice projects will intersect with historical or ongoing oppressions and could benefit from facilitator familiarity with and application of an anticolonial framework.
In this three-part* workshop series, participants will collaboratively examine their own photovoice projects, the photovoice literature, and examples from the facilitator’s research to learn how to introduce an anticolonial approach into photovoice work.
*Each workshop is designed to stand alone or be integrated into the full series for those wishing to take a deeper dive into anticolonial applications in photovoice.
The first workshop, Setting Our Intentions, will explore foundational concepts, defining key anticolonial terms, reviewing relevant literature, and discussing how to seed right relationships.
The second workshop, Walking Our Walk, will continue the anticolonial journey through photovoice processes, including developing collaborative partnerships, examining power dynamics in recruitment, and transforming data collection.
The third workshop, Increasing Our Reach, will turn the anticolonial lens on dissemination processes, examining avenues for dissemination, issues of rigor, and pseudonyms.
Each workshop will feature hands-on activities and include a short pre-meeting assignment designed to make the material relevant to the participant’s experiences.
Instructor:
The 3 workshops are:
- Part 1: Setting Our Intentions: Foundational Knowledge for Making Photovoice Anticolonial
- Part 2: Walking Our Walk: Anticolonial Photovoice Processes in Action
- Part 3: Increasing Our Reach: Anticolonial Project Dissemination