Online ISSR Summer Methodology Workshops | Photovoice: Visual Elicitation Meets Participatory Action Research | Brittni Howard

Photovoice project image
Monday, June 3, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Friday, June 7, 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Online Event - Login credentials via email for registered participants

In this 5-day (15 hour) workshop, we focus our attention on the key features of Photovoice and doing a mini Photovoice project for the workshop. Photovoice is a participatory action research method in which a group of community members actively engage in the research process (the level of participation varies by project). Photovoice entails participants taking photos on a theme and choosing photos to share as prompts for group discussions (Wang, Burris & Ping, 1996).

Photovoice research can achieve many aims ranging from raising awareness in a community, advocating for changes the photographers would like to see in their lives, communicating with policymakers and representatives of institutions, and strategies for collective action to address problems depicted in the photos. This workshop will present the theoretical foundations of Photovoice research, discuss ethical implications and IRB considerations, and guide workshop participants in designing and carrying out different features of a Photovoice project.

In this workshop, you will serve as a “participant-researcher" who takes part in designing and carrying out a mini Photovoice project for the week. Hands-on activities will include designing photographic prompts, generating and organizing photos, facilitating a Photovoice focus group, and discussing a hypothetical Photovoice exhibition of our project images. Throughout the workshop, you will have the opportunity to ask questions about projects you may have in mind for your own research.  Participants will emerge from the intensive workshop with a preliminary Photovoice research plan. 


Instructors:  Brittni Howard

Brittni Howard is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UMass Amherst. Howard is co-authoring Essentials of Photovoice with Krista Harper, to be published by Routledge in 2025. Howard’s research focuses on the anthropology of childhood underscoring themes of wellbeing, resistance, and the social reproduction of labor. Howard received her Master’s degree in Applied Anthropology from Northern Arizona University (2015). She received a number of research scholarships and awards including Fulbright (Umass/Ghana);  National Science Foundation-sponsored field school, Culture and Heritage in European Societies and Spaces; (NSF IIA-1261172); Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research (UMass);  National Institutes of Health: Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program (NAU); and Panayiotis Farantakis Memorial Award for Humanitarian Service Internships (NAU).

Questions? For more information about this or any of the ISSR Summer Methodology Workshops, please contact ISSR Director of Research Methods Programs Jessica Pearlman (jpearlman@issr.umass.edu).


REGISTRATION INFORMATION | 15-HOUR WORKSHOP

Important: If you are registering for more than one workshop, please submit a separate registration form for each workshop, and select the appropriate fee for the length of your workshop and your academic and institutional status. We apologize for the inconvenience, but if the incorrect fee is selected your registration will be have to be resubmitted. Your original registration will be canceled and your fee returned to you.

Five College Students and Faculty

  • Five College Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Postdocs:  $187.50/person
  • Five College Faculty and Staff:  $337.50/person

Non-Five College Students and Faculty

  • Non-Five College Undergraduate and Graduate Students and Postdocs:  $375/person
  • Non-Five College Faculty, Staff and Other Professional:  $525/person

Registration note: The Five Colleges include: UMass Amherst, Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College. Faculty, students and staff from University of Massachusetts Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses and UMass Chan Medical School pay the five college rates. Registration closes for each workshop 2 full business days prior to the start date. If paying with departmental funds, contact Sue Falcetti (sfalcetti@umass.edu).

Cancellation note: In cases where enrollment is 5 or less, we reserve the right to cancel the workshop.  In cases where the registrant cancels prior to the workshop, a full refund will be given with two weeks notice, and 50% refund will be given with one week notice. We will not be able to refund in cases where registrant does not notify us of cancellation at least one week prior to the beginning date of the workshop.