Community media and cultural politics on Tyneside

Graham Jeffery; Hugh Kelly

doi:10.3362/9781780449395.008

Community media and cultural politics on Tyneside

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Abstract

How can we ensure, in the process of using participatory flm-making for social transformation, that community voices are authentic and representative? I have collaborated with an academic to write a commentary on a flm which draws on
30 years of using video inclusively in North East England. The flm depicts the persistent problems of poverty, exclusion, and long-term unemployment. The authors unpack and interrogate claims that narratives of individual and social transformation are being infated, and explore the role of participatory flm-making and community media as research methods. They highlight the value of collaborative relationships between flmmakers and communities as they explore the powers that shape people’s lives. Integral to this chapter is a 30-minute flm: Remaking Society: Communities on the Edge (Swingbridge Media 2013)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	People's Knowledge and Participatory Action Research
Subtitle of host publication	Escaping the White-Walled Labyrinth
Editors	The People's Knowledge Editorial Collective
Publisher	Practical Action Publishing
Chapter	7
Pages	73-82
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781780449326
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3362/9781780449395.008
Publication status	Published - 7 Nov 2016

Publication series

Name	Reclaiming Diversity and Citizenship
Publisher	Practical Action Publishing

Keywords

community arts
participatory methods
poverty
community media
film-making

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Pollinator or Parasite? Notes from some adventures in intervention, participation & place-based performance
Jeffery, G. (Invited speaker)
6 Oct 2016
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Book Launch: Peoples' Knowledge and Participatory Action Research
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7 Nov 2016
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Graham Jeffery
- School of Business and Creative Industries - Professor
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Community media and cultural politics on Tyneside. / Jeffery, Graham; Kelly, Hugh.
People's Knowledge and Participatory Action Research: Escaping the White-Walled Labyrinth. ed. / The People's Knowledge Editorial Collective. Practical Action Publishing, 2016. p. 73-82 ( Reclaiming Diversity and Citizenship).

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Community media and cultural politics on Tyneside

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Publication series

Keywords

UN SDGs

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Pollinator or Parasite? Notes from some adventures in intervention, participation & place-based performance

Book Launch: Peoples' Knowledge and Participatory Action Research

University of Sheffield (External organisation)

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Graham Jeffery

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