“Before Occupy Central, I Wasn’t Concerned”: Examining Participatory Visual Research for Social Change with Hong Kong-based Filipina Youth

Authors

  • Casey Burkholder

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20360/G2737B

Keywords:

ethnic minorities, Hong Kong, participatory visual research, social change, youth

Abstract

This article describes a participatory visual research project with two Hong Kong-based Filipina young women, and explores their understandings of citizenship and civic engagement through cellphilm-making (cellphone + filmmaking), collaborating on the writing of an academic article, and co-presenting research findings at an academic conference in Calgary, Canada. The study finds that Hong Kong’s Occupy Movement encouraged the participants to see themselves as engaged citizens, participate politically in the territory, and work toward social change for ethnic minorities by engaging different audiences through multiliteracy practices in a research for social change framework.

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Published

2017-08-03

How to Cite

Burkholder, C. (2017). “Before Occupy Central, I Wasn’t Concerned”: Examining Participatory Visual Research for Social Change with Hong Kong-based Filipina Youth. Language and Literacy, 19(3), 56–73. https://doi.org/10.20360/G2737B

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2017): Literacies of Civic Engagement: Negotiating Digital, Political and Linguistic Tensions

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Articles

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