Cooke, P, Dennison, S and Gould, W (2019) The Voicing Hidden Histories Project: Participatory Video in Development, Soft Power and Film Language. Media Practice and Education, 19 (3). pp. 270-282. ISSN 2574-1136
Abstract
In this article, we wish to reflect upon some of the findings of a recent Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Global Challenges Research Fund Participatory Video (PV) project ‘Voicing Hidden Histories’. Working in South Africa, India and Brazil, this project has been using PV to support specific marginalised communities in each country to challenge the way their nations present themselves – and in particular their national history – to the world via ‘nation branding’ and other ‘soft power’ initiatives. Specifically, we ask: why use filmmaking as an international development tool? What are the enablers of – and barriers to – successful PV initiatives and what does ‘success’ mean in this context? Moreover, while such projects invariably make claims for PV as a particularly effective method for ‘giving’ communities ‘voice’ – however such potentially patronising terms might be defined – very little space is usually dedicated to the exploration of the films produced in such projects, that is to the specific articulation of this ‘voice’. Thus, we also wish to challenge a trend in the analysis of such projects that focuses entirely on questions of methodology and an understanding of PV as a process, largely ignoring the products made.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Media Practice and Education on 24 Jan 2019, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2018.1511360. |
Keywords: | Participatory video; South Africa; Brazil; India; soft power; development |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > German (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > Spanish & Portuguese (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Arts & Humanities Research Council AHRC AH/P007511/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2018 12:38 |
Last Modified: | 24 Jul 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/25741136.2018.1511360 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133335 |