New Site for IPE and News for AV Storytelling

June 12, 2008 at 12:03 pm · Filed under Applied Arts, Community Building, Film, Media, Organizations, Psychology, Urban Invigoration and tagged: Los Angeles, Photo op, social psychology

The Institute for Photographic Empowerment‘s new site is HERE. IPE reports:

Participant Authored Audiovisual Stories (PAAS): Giving The Camera Away or giving the camera a way? Authored by Marcelo Ramella and Gonzalo Olmos. This paper deals with qualitative research methodology based on sound and image data, in particular with audio-visual stories authored by the research participants (Participant Authored Audiovisual Stories – PAAS). It reviews literature concerned with this field and critically discusses conceptual and procedural elements related to the ‘act of giving the camera away’ to research participants. Key elements emerging from the literature review and the conceptual discussion are illustrated with two practical examples: research on sexual health promotion with young people in Peru (project SaRA), and research on sport-based social inclusion with young people in England (project Positive Futures). The paper concludes that, as a research method, PAAS promise a sound platform from which to explore social phenomena, especially when what is at stake is understanding the relationship between the agency of subjects and their socio-cultural contexts. Pointers for further research on the tool are also signalled.

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