We have chosen to use photovoice as the context to our strategy for expressing knowledge mobilization through blogs and art shows. Photovoice is a participatory action research strategy which is based on health promotion principles and the theoretical literature on education for critical consciousness, feminist theory, and a community-based approach to documentary photography. Photovoice has three main goals: to enable people to (1) record and represent their everyday realities; (2) promote critical dialogue and knowledge about personal and community strengths and concerns; and (3) reach policymakers (Wang, 2006 p. 147). We are using photovoice to demonstration the health needs of transgender individuals.
The goal is to take photos that
The goal is to take photos that