University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Health Promot Pract. 2022 Mar;23(2):267-273. doi: 10.1177/15248399211062902.
The intent of Photovoice is to produce research in collaboration with communities, ensuring that research is relevant to community needs and critically facilitates change required to address these needs. Accordingly, Photovoice extends research for knowledge production, emphasizing research for social change. Consequently, Photovoice stands to make an important contribution to relevant and impactful knowledge production with health promotion research. However, if the intent of Photovoice as reflected in its theoretical underpinnings is not accounted for from the outset, the value of the approach may not be fully realized. This article considers what the theoretical underpinnings of Photovoice are, how this relates to issues of power and empowerment theory, and how voice can be better ensured within a process that is intentional about empowerment and representation.
摄影法的目的是与社区合作开展研究,确保研究与社区需求相关,并切实促进解决这些需求所需的变革。因此,摄影法扩展了研究以促进知识生产,强调了研究对社会变革的作用。因此,摄影法有望为促进健康的研究做出重要贡献,产生相关且有影响力的知识。然而,如果不从一开始就考虑到摄影法在其理论基础中反映的意图,那么该方法的价值可能无法得到充分实现。本文探讨了摄影法的理论基础是什么,这与权力和赋权理论的问题有何关联,以及如何在一个有意赋权和代表性的过程中更好地确保发言权。