Photovoice, Documentary-Making and Participatory Video in the Age of TikTok: Emerging Digital, Visual and Participatory Methodologies in Refugee and Migration Research
Amanda Alencar, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Natalia Cintra, University of Southampton
Surveys and interviews can fail to capture the everyday nuances and complexities of migration. As a result, researchers have turned to digital and visual methodologies such as photovoice, video voice, documentary-making and participatory video. These emerging methods allow us to move beyond words, and in utilizing a medium free from the burdens of language or literacy, asylum seekers, refugees and migrants can present their world to the global community on their own terms.
In the age of Instagram and TikTok, asylum seekers, refugees and migrants are already familiar with the universal reach of photos and videos so how do we empower them to use skills they already have for our projects and how to we ensure a decolonial approach that addresses tensions over creative direction and authorship?
Bringing together international scholars that have engaged deeply with these new methods, this event will showcase short films and videos by migrants and refugees through participatory video, as well as samples of documentary and photovoice and video voice projects.
