photovoice
photovoice noun: a group analysis method combining photography with grassroots social action. Participants are asked to represent their communities or express their points of view through taking, presenting and collaboratively interpreting photographs.
Noun
photovoice (countable and uncountable, plural photovoices)
- A group analysis method combining photography with grassroots social action. Participants are asked to represent their communities or express their points of view through taking, presenting and collaboratively interpreting photographs.
- Without understanding the transformative process behind those images, photovoice submissions can be dismissed as being of poor quality and can fail to present a compelling argument in an increasingly crowded communications environment characterized by large marketing budgets, high-specification...2015 September 1, Asha George et al., “Snap shots from a photo competition: what does it reveal about close-to-community providers, gender and power in health systems?”, in Human Resources for...
Forms of photovoice
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Origin of photovoice
From photo- + voice.
Questions about photovoice
- What does photovoice mean?
- Photovoice means a group analysis method combining photography with grassroots social action. Participants are asked to represent their communities or express their points of view through taking, presenting and collaboratively interpreting photographs.
- What part of speech is photovoice?
- Photovoice is a noun.
- What is the plural of photovoice?
- The plural of photovoice is photovoices.
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