Facilitator: Prof Naydene de Lange is Professor Emerita in the Faculty of Education at Nelson Mandela University. Her research focuses on using participatory visual methodologies in addressing gender and HIV&AIDS issues and integrating HIV&AIDS into Higher Education curricula. Her Educational Psychology background and interest in Inclusive Education provides a frame for working towards the inclusion of those who are marginalised - using a ‘research as social change’ approach. Besides numerous peer reviewed published articles, she has co-edited three books, Putting People in the Picture: Visual Methodologies for Social Change, School-University Partnerships for Educational Change in Rural South Africa, and The Handbook of Participatory Video, and has also co-authored two books, Picturing Hope and Participatory Visual Methodology: Social Change, Community and Policy. She is a South African National Research Foundation rated researcher.
Target Group: The workshops are aimed at social science researchers (academics and postgraduate students) who are interested in doing research which makes a difference.
Background: This is the second workshop of 4 and the purpose of the set of workshops is to promote the use of participatory visual methodology (PVM) across disciplines. The workshops aim to address the theoretical underpinnings of PVM as well as provide practical experience and examples of using visual methods, such as drawing, photovoice, and participatory video (cellphilms).
Drawing, whether done with pen and paper, or digitally using software and a computer, is a simple method of data generation that has been used across a wide range of social research areas. Theron, Mitchell, Smith and Stuart (2011) in their edited book, Picturing Research, Drawing as Visual Methodology, frame the use of drawing as participatory method for use with children, youth, and adults particularly in contexts in which participants have difficulty expressing themselves in language, or because of the nature of the topics under discussion. (Mitchell, De Lange, & Moletsane, 2017)
Expected Outcomes:
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In this workshop participants will be exposed to the theory, process, analysis, and dissemination of findings.
The other workshops in the series are:
This workshop is funded by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) through the University Capacity Development Grant (UCDG)