Meanings
plural photovoices
- countableuncountableA group analysis method combining photography with grassroots social action. Participants are asked to represent their communities or express their points of view through taking, presenting and collaboratively interpreting photographs.
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Without understanding the transformative process behind those images, photovoice submissions can be dismissed as being of poor quality and can fail to present a compelling argument in an increasingly crowded communications environment characterized by large marketing budgets, high-specification technology and vastly more professional outputs.
2015 September 1, Asha George et al., “Snap shots from a photo competition: what does it reveal about close-to-community providers, gender and power in health systems?”, in Human Resources for Health, volume 13, →DOI
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