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In this case study, the author discusses how Photovoice, a PAR method, can be used to explore the processes inside schools that affect girls’ educational experiences. She implemented Photovoice activities as a part of a 15-month critical ethnography of a public residential school for girls in India from 2008 to 2010. She discusses how the method provides one way to fulfill the goals of PAR to equalize power differences, build trust, and create a sense of ownership between the researcher and research participants to bring about social justice and change.
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Shah, P. (2017). Case Study 1. In: Kidwai, H., Iyengar, R., Witenstein, M., Byker, E., Setty, R. (eds) Participatory Action Research and Educational Development. South Asian Education Policy, Research, and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48905-6_10
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