Enhancing participatory evaluation of land management through photo elicitation and photovoice
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2015Author
Kong, Taryn M.
Kellner, Klaus
Austin, Diane E.
Els, Yolandi
Orr, Barron J.
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Land management evaluation can be made more relevant and holistic by incorporating
local knowledge and perspectives. We examined whether photo elicitation and photovoice
could enhance semi-structured interviews in capturing local livestock farmers’
knowledge and perspectives in a participatory evaluation in Mier and Molopo, South
Africa. The participants discussed themes including veld condition, land management,
and evaluation criteria. Photo elicitation provided more details (62% of instances analyzed
[Mier]; 58% [Molopo]) and new information (75% of instances analyzed
[Mier]; 65% [Molopo]) beyond those in semi-structured interviews. Photo elicitation
also enriched data with personal or concrete examples, comparisons, contrasts,
explanatory information, and revelation of attitudes or values. Photovoice created
opportunities for mutual learning among the participants. The main drawbacks for
the two photographic methods were additional time and equipment requirements, and the risk of omission. These two methods represent unrealized potential for
supporting natural resource management research and projects
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http://hdl.handle.net/10394/18808https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2014.941448
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08941920.2014.941448