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Participatory Rural Appraisal×Photovoice×
FieldAnthropologyAnthropology
FamilyProcess / pipelineProcess / pipeline
Year of origin19941997
OriginatorRobert Chambers and collaboratorsCaroline Wang & Mary Ann Burris
TypeFamily of participatory field appraisal and planning methodsParticipatory visual research and action method
Seminal sourceChambers, R. (1994). The origins and practice of participatory rural appraisal. World Development, 22(7), 953–969. DOI ↗Wang, C., & Burris, M. A. (1997). Photovoice: Concept, methodology, and use for participatory needs assessment. Health Education & Behavior, 24(3), 369–387. DOI ↗
AliasesPRA, Participatory Learning and Action, Participatory Rural Appraisal Methods, PLAPhoto Voice, Participatory Photography, Photo-Novella, Community Photography Method
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SummaryParticipatory rural appraisal is a growing family of approaches and methods that enable local people to share, enhance, and analyze their own knowledge of their lives and conditions, and to plan and act on it. Associated above all with Robert Chambers, PRA reverses the conventional research relationship: outside facilitators hand over the stick, and community members themselves do the mapping, ranking, diagramming, and analysis that drive planning and action.Photovoice is a participatory visual method in which community members use cameras to document their own lives and concerns, then collectively discuss and interpret the images to surface shared issues and influence policy. Developed by Caroline Wang and Mary Ann Burris in 1997, it has three goals: to let people record and reflect their community's strengths and concerns, to promote critical dialogue through group discussion of photographs, and to reach policymakers with that community-generated knowledge.
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