By Jule Marie Huber, Claudia Bieling, María García-Martín, Tobias Plieninger and Mario Torralba
How can research effectively engage vulnerable and marginalised groups on issues that affect their lives? How can local knowledge, opinions, and experiences be captured in a way that identifies their concerns and priorities?
Photovoice is a research method that uses photographs taken by participants to encourage dialogue within the community. It was developed to empower marginalised groups and promote community action, and is also more widely useful as a participatory method. It has been used for issues in public health, immigration, homelessness, disability, youth and sustainability.
In this i2Insights contribution we describe a 7-step procedure for using photovoice, noting that considerable flexibility is possible.
Step 1: Development of a research design