Participatory visual research, or "visual interventions" (Pink 2007), allow environmental anthropologists to respond to three different "crises of representation": (1) the critique of ethnographic representation presented by postmodern, postcolonial, and feminist anthropologists; (2) the constructivist critique of nature and the environment; and (3) the "environmental justice" critique demanding representation for the environmental concerns of communities of color. Participatory visual research integrates community members in the process of staking out a research agenda, conducting fieldwork and interpreting data, and communicating and applying research findings. Our project used the Photovoice methodology to generate knowledge and documentation related to environment injustices faced by Roma in Hungary. I discuss the promise and limitations of "visual interventions" as a pathway leading applied environmental anthropologists beyond the three "crises in representation."
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August 27 2012
Visual Interventions and the "Crises in Representation" in Environmental Anthropology: Researching Environmental Justice in a Hungarian Romani Neighborhood
Krista Harper
Krista Harper
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Department of Anthropology and the Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Human Organization (2012) 71 (3): 292–305.
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Krista Harper; Visual Interventions and the "Crises in Representation" in Environmental Anthropology: Researching Environmental Justice in a Hungarian Romani Neighborhood. Human Organization 1 September 2012; 71 (3): 292–305. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.71.3.kl245rp447811627
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