Monthly Archives: September, 2015
Participatory photography, to which extend is participatory?
I guess we all commonly have heard about a ‘photo voice’, ‘talking picture’ or visual voices’, a technique of participatory photography that puts the camera in the hands of the people that are encouraged to document and share their own reality through photos. Inspired by the Freirean technique of mutual dialogue (presented in my previous […]
Participatory Communication
The discourse of participatory communication gathered momentum in 1970s as dissatisfaction mounted with top- down communication approaches to social change. However although all the participation is communication driven, not all the forms of communication are participatory. In fact participatory communication means working with and mainly by the people, as opposed to working on or working […]
The Digital Divide in India: A Gender Perspective
The digital divide is a major threat to use ICT appropriately for development issues. Especially, the gender divide is still a huge issue when it comes to ICT use and excludes women widely from the participation in the digital sphere. A recent rule of a rural muslim panchayat might seem unbelievable from a the perspective of […]
Participatory Video in India
Appropriating ICT, like cameras, is for the people a (new) way for storytelling. With the use of participatory video (PV), they can tell their stories and counter media narratives, which are dominant and induced by the mainstream media and other stakeholders, like corporate companies. Like the example of Lalavadar Green Messages shows. Telling about the social […]
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