Decorre dia 9 de Maio pelas 15h na Sala de Aulas 3 do ICS o Seminário Participatory Digital Research: Opening up the Environmental Social Sciences por Krista Harper, Antropóloga e Associate Professor da University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Abstract: New visual and digital technologies are changing how social scientists study environmental issues, opening up new possibilities for participatory approaches appealing to diverse audiences. Participatory digital research includes digital storytelling, PhotoVoice, participatory digital archives, and participatory geographic information systems (GIS). These methods generate rich visual and narrative data guided by participant interests and priorities, putting the methods literally in the hands of the participants themselves. They appeal to wide audiences, allowing for access to and production of anthropological knowledge beyond the academy. Harper presents work from a research collaboration with a grassroots Romani (Gypsy) community organization in northern Hungary that used the PhotoVoice methodology to generate knowledge and documentation related to environment, health, and the dynamics of social exclusion and environmental inequalities.