Medium as message: making an ‘emancipating’ film on mental health and distress

Research as freedom: Using a continuum of interactive, participatory and emancipatory methods for addressing youth marginality

“…Emancipation is often seen as an ideal outcome, or simply part of the process, of participatory approaches to research, including action research (Alexander 2010;Macdonnell 2011;Maginess 2010;Nugus et al 2012). Perhaps this misperception stems from a deeper confusion around the concepts of emancipation and empowerment, which are both closely connected to a 'participatory worldview' in which, according to Boog 92003), it is understood that: all people must be equal participants in society, which means that they must have equal opportunities for schooling and jobs, have the opportunity to share in all goods and services in society and participate in decision-making, both public and private.…”

Participatory Video in Adult Education

“…In her discussion of adult participants' experiences in participatory video research on mental health, Maginess (2010) attended to their experience of learning and defined it as participatory learning, in the sense that participants learn about themselves and their issues by sharing their experiences with one another. In her discussion of adult participants' experiences in participatory video research on mental health, Maginess (2010) attended to their experience of learning and defined it as participatory learning, in the sense that participants learn about themselves and their issues by sharing their experiences with one another.…”

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“…That I also disclosed myself as a carer, close to somebody with severe mental illness may also have helped to build my credibility. In that sense, I was a 'border-crosser' (Ledwith, 2005, p. 129;Maginess, 2010). I was 'operating' literally and metaphorically on various borders.…”