We are back from Kyrgyzstan where we spent a very productive couple of weeks working on participatory video projects in the villages of Eky Naryn and Karakolka. Both villages are involved in work with the Snow Leopard Trust and part of what we looked at was the relationship between wildlife conservation and the sustainability of village life in these remote mountain communities. I will post some photos in the next day or two

Regarding the paper that our pal Vincent presented at the British Conference, I would like to add that for us Rocinha is a very real scenario (pls go to the most recent Viramundo's pictures) as well as other poor communities ar… Continue

I presented a paper on our work in Rocinha at the British Sociological Conference in Cardiff 16-18 April 2009.

O’Brien, V and Wittlin, F. (2009) Visual Ethnography, Visual Activism and Community Development in the Rocinha favela, Rio de Janeiro. The Challenge of Global Social Inquiry, British Sociological Association Conference 16th –18th April 2009, Cardiff City Hall, Wales… Continue

Hi folks

I’d like to share with all you two related topics, as follows: (1) a visual report about Viramundo and Vincent participation at the WSF in Belem, occurred two months ago and (2) some information about the continuity of Visible Voices project… Continue

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