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Learning through participatory video research: Challenges and possibilities for individual growth and grassroots based social action

Author

• • Kyung-Hwa Yang
  • McGill University

Abstract

This discussion is based on a participatory video research project carried out on the U.S. health care system with low-income adults in Chicago in 2011. I present the way in which the project was conducted and provoked learning among the participants. While the project offered them an opportunity for performative, communicative, and creative learning, a sense of collectivity and social action was not evident. I raise the question of how to bring about more meaningful social action through individual learning.

Keywords: video, participatory research, reflexivity, social action, action learning

How to Cite: Yang, K. (2012) “Learning through participatory video research: Challenges and possibilities for individual growth and grassroots based social action”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2012).