four note friday 1.9 | Photovoice and Policy Change

One of the aims of the photovoice methodology is to attract the attention of policy makers with the ultimate intent of impacting policy and practice. But how do we do this, exactly?

Unfortunately, the literature on this topic is unclear and underdeveloped. Many published photovoice studies do not address, interrogate, or evaluate the project’s policy impacts or long-term outcomes within their reports (see here and here).

And while some researchers have attempted to bridge literature on the photovoice methodology and the literature on policy (or social) change (see here), more guidance is needed on how those engaging with photovoice can effectively affect policy.