four note friday 1.13 | Take-aways from 'Braiding the Healing Gifts of Photovoice for Social Change: The Means Are Ends in the Making'

Last week's post was quite enjoyable to write, so I am mimicking that process this week with a different—but similar—article. This article has a trio of authors including Drs. Mary Ann Burris (co-founder of the methodology along with Caroline C. Wang), Robin Evans-Agnew, and Robert Strack.

Written recently (2023), the piece is a braided narrative of the three authors' reflections on using photovoice within various projects, all within the context of public health. This piece was published in the journal, Health Promotion Practice, the same outlet for Wang's piece, which I featured last week.

This article is all about the process of photovoice, rather than the product(s).

It is required photovoice reading.

The title is a bop. I love the assertion that the means are the ends in the making. This rings so true for me and the work I have done with the methodology. And this is a terrific lead-in to my first take-away, which was a key part of one of Burris's narratives within the larger braid. Please read on.