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Although Photovoice projects tend to follow a similar sequence of procedures, this chapter begins by exploring some of the ways that researchers have designed Photovoice projects that depart from the linear, step by step procedure devised by Caroline Wang (1999). Attention is paid to the analysis phase, where participant explanations are attached to their photographs because this is where theory is enacted, where the voices of the marginalised and the silenced are raised and where ‘traditional’ methods of inquiry are replaced with an approach grounded in human rights and social justice. This chapter concludes with two case studies of community-initiated Photovoice projects, the first with survivors of intimate partner violence, the second is with people who have a disability in rural Vietnam, thus demonstrating the diverse possibilities for community led social research and action.

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Jarldorn, M. (2019). Using Photovoice. In: Photovoice Handbook for Social Workers. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94511-8_4

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