Unmasking Racism (Creative Intervention)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26522/ssj.v11i2.1601

Keywords:

poetry, arts-based methodologies, photo voice, photography

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Author Biography

Bharati Sethi, King's College, Western University

Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Tne author utilizes photovoice and poetry transcription to unmask racism  that structures private and public spheres of multicultural Canada. Through participant genereated photographs she brings to the forefront of racial discourse participants voices, experiences, and meaning of racism. She aruges that from social justice and policy perspectives such innovative methodolgies have the power to convey the race-re;ated concerns of the participants in their words and meaning. 

 

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Published

2018-03-03

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2017): Visual Research and Social Justice

Section

Visual Research & Social Justice

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