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Visual Anthropology and Development: Video as Critique, Praxis and Process
Author(s) -
WICKETT ELIZABETH
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
visual anthropology review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.346
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1548-7458
pISSN - 1058-7187
DOI - 10.1525/var.2007.23.1.69
Subject(s) - sanitation , praxis , economic growth , citizen journalism , literacy , participatory action research , participatory development , rural development , investment (military) , general partnership , process (computing) , agriculture , business , public relations , political science , geography , engineering , economics , finance , computer science , politics , archaeology , environmental engineering , law , operating system
Video has been used as a critical tool in participatory research in water, sanitation, agriculture and micro‐finance projects in Egypt and Pakistan. Rural communities inhibited by perceptions of inferiority, lack of access to literacy, infrastructure and public services, have had difficulty in reacting to “messages” or innovations purveyed by development agencies. This article evaluates the impacts and successes of video in development communications: confidence‐building among rural women, involvement of communities in planning new infrastructure, re‐design of projects to suit rural environments and investment by rural households in technical innovations without recourse to aid.