What We See and What We Say

Using Images in Research, Therapy, Empowerment, and Social Change

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ID19893077
AuthorsEphrat Hu (0000-0003-3121-977X, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, corresponding author), Ephrat Huss (corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages152
Publication date2013-01-04
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueWhat We See and What We Say (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9780203124345
OpenAlexW4249485126
ISBN9780203124345
Open LibraryOL53920244M
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Image-based research methods, such as arts-based research, can fill the absence of the voice of impoverished, under-privileged populations. In What We See and What We Say, Ephrat Huss argues that images are deep and universally psycho-neurological constructs through which people process their experiences. The theoretical model demonstrated in this book demonstrates that images can be used to enable three different levels of communication: with self, with others similar to oneself, and with others who differ in terms of culture and power. Dr. Huss centers her argument on a case study of impoverished Bedouin women’s groups in Israel who used art as self-expression, and includes many additional examples such as unemployed women and teenage girls in slums, women who have underwent sexual abuse, and the experiences of illegal immigrants. Ultimately, the author points to how the inherent structural characteristics of images help to intensify the voices of marginalized groups in research, therapy, empowerment, and social action

Art Education and Development · Art Therapy and Mental Health · History · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Art therapy · Art-thérapie · Children of the mentally ill · General · Medical · Mentally ill · Parents with disabilities · Psychiatric social work · Psychiatry · Recherche · Research · Social change · Social Science · Sociologie visuelle · Sociology · Visual sociology

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