Unpacking the Layers of Community Engagement, Participation, and Knowledge Co-Creation when Representing the Visual Voices of LGBTQ Former Foster Youth

This article highlights the various ways in which we represented the visual voices of LGBTQ former foster youth through photovoice methodology in order to engage various stakeholders, diverse communities, and the participants themselves. We locate our research within other similar community-based,...

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Main Authors: Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Sarah E. Mountz, Althea Pestine-Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Saskatchewan 2019-06-01
Series:Engaged Scholar Journal
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Online Access:https://esj.usask.ca/index.php/esj/article/view/68342
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author Moshoula Capous-Desyllas
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description This article highlights the various ways in which we represented the visual voices of LGBTQ former foster youth through photovoice methodology in order to engage various stakeholders, diverse communities, and the participants themselves. We locate our research within other similar community-based, participatory projects and weave in our collective experiences. Through the juxtaposition of academic literature with the various steps of our research process, this article provides our critical reflections of our engagement process as we prepared for the research, interacted with the community, shared our findings, and incorporated social change efforts through the dissemination of  the visual data in various formal and informal spaces.
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spelling doaj.art-3d1d231e2c2f4c17ba82730a0830ec402023-09-26T23:11:30ZengUniversity of SaskatchewanEngaged Scholar Journal2369-11902368-416X2019-06-015210.15402/esj.v5i2.68342Unpacking the Layers of Community Engagement, Participation, and Knowledge Co-Creation when Representing the Visual Voices of LGBTQ Former Foster YouthMoshoula Capous-DesyllasSarah E. MountzAlthea Pestine-Stevens This article highlights the various ways in which we represented the visual voices of LGBTQ former foster youth through photovoice methodology in order to engage various stakeholders, diverse communities, and the participants themselves. We locate our research within other similar community-based, participatory projects and weave in our collective experiences. Through the juxtaposition of academic literature with the various steps of our research process, this article provides our critical reflections of our engagement process as we prepared for the research, interacted with the community, shared our findings, and incorporated social change efforts through the dissemination of  the visual data in various formal and informal spaces. https://esj.usask.ca/index.php/esj/article/view/68342LGBTQ foster youthphotovoicecommunity-based participatory researchengagementsocial justice
spellingShingle Moshoula Capous-Desyllas
Sarah E. Mountz
Althea Pestine-Stevens
Unpacking the Layers of Community Engagement, Participation, and Knowledge Co-Creation when Representing the Visual Voices of LGBTQ Former Foster Youth
Engaged Scholar Journal
LGBTQ foster youth
photovoice
community-based participatory research
engagement
social justice
title Unpacking the Layers of Community Engagement, Participation, and Knowledge Co-Creation when Representing the Visual Voices of LGBTQ Former Foster Youth
title_full Unpacking the Layers of Community Engagement, Participation, and Knowledge Co-Creation when Representing the Visual Voices of LGBTQ Former Foster Youth
title_fullStr Unpacking the Layers of Community Engagement, Participation, and Knowledge Co-Creation when Representing the Visual Voices of LGBTQ Former Foster Youth
title_full_unstemmed Unpacking the Layers of Community Engagement, Participation, and Knowledge Co-Creation when Representing the Visual Voices of LGBTQ Former Foster Youth
title_short Unpacking the Layers of Community Engagement, Participation, and Knowledge Co-Creation when Representing the Visual Voices of LGBTQ Former Foster Youth
title_sort unpacking the layers of community engagement participation and knowledge co creation when representing the visual voices of lgbtq former foster youth
topic LGBTQ foster youth
photovoice
community-based participatory research
engagement
social justice
url https://esj.usask.ca/index.php/esj/article/view/68342
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