in the gallery...
Health Promotion & Education
Therapeutic Photography Resource
The Photo Voice network, based in the UK, has been a force in participatory photography for many years. Bearing the same name as the photovoice method which has been widely used in health and other social research (See WANG, C. & BURRIS, M. (1997) Photovoice: concept, methodology and use for participatory needs assessment. Health Education... »
Cameras for community in New Orleans
Since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the slow process of rebuilding has progressed, a number of new collaborative media making projects have gotten underway around the city. The New Orleans Kid Camera Project started in 2006 when Joanna Rosenthal & Cat Malovic, both trained as social workers, were looking for a way to engage... »
Interesting stuff in Africa
All sorts of interesting collaborative art/social change/community doco work has been going on in various parts of Africa for many years – I recall several years ago at the first 2 Fires Conference in Braidwood NSW (Australia) meeting a woman who had been facilitating participatory art projects with AIDS orphans with fascinating result… HIV and... »
Have You Heard … the movement
The talented and busy Eve Tulbert, and her collaborator Prof. Eric Rice have been super busy this north american summer (‘09) working on the Have You Heard project, or movement… I last wrote about Eve back in July, introducing her and the collaborative media for health work with LA street kids and other young people,... »
Eve Tulbert & collaborative media for health in LA
We arrived in San Diego as our first stop on our grand tour in North America, to spend 10 days in Southern California. The San Diego visit was mainly chance to get over the jetlag and get my bearings before heading to Mexico, but California is also home to a number of organisations dedicated... »