Utilizing Photovoice to Support Indigenous Accounts of Environmental Change and Injustice
Abstract
:1. Introduction
Objectives
2. Visual Methods
2.1. Visual Research Methods—Photography
2.2. Photovoice—A Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Method
Photovoice
3. Method
4. Photovoice and Environmental Change
Global Photovoice Literature
5. Case Study
6. Photovoice, Environmental Change, and Indigenous Peoples
6.1. Benefits and Limitations of Photovoice with Indigenous Communities (Photovoice Evaluated)
6.1.1. Benefits
6.1.2. Limitations
6.2. Cultural and Ethical Issues
7. Future Research Considerations
8. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Mitchell, F.M.; Billiot, S.; Lechuga-Peña, S. Utilizing Photovoice to Support Indigenous Accounts of Environmental Change and Injustice. Genealogy 2020, 4, 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy4020051
Mitchell FM, Billiot S, Lechuga-Peña S. Utilizing Photovoice to Support Indigenous Accounts of Environmental Change and Injustice. Genealogy. 2020; 4(2):51. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy4020051
Chicago/Turabian StyleMitchell, Felicia M., Shanondora Billiot, and Stephanie Lechuga-Peña. 2020. "Utilizing Photovoice to Support Indigenous Accounts of Environmental Change and Injustice" Genealogy 4, no. 2: 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy4020051
APA StyleMitchell, F. M., Billiot, S., & Lechuga-Peña, S. (2020). Utilizing Photovoice to Support Indigenous Accounts of Environmental Change and Injustice. Genealogy, 4(2), 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy4020051