[ANU Pacific.Institute] Informal seminar in SSGM reading room tomorrow!

[Nicholas Mortimer]

Dear All,

SSGM has a visiting fellow from the University of Canberra, Associate Professor Katja Mikhailovich, who will be giving an informal seminar this Friday 13 June 10-11am.
She will be focusing on participatory visual methods. Please see below. All welcome!

If you are interested in attending, please email me so that I can get an idea of numbers.


Thanks,
Pyone


Informal Seminar – Friday 13 June 2014 10-11am

SSGM Reading Room, Room 5119, HC Coombs Building (Level 2)

Associate Professor Katja Mikhailovich, University of Canberra

Participatory visual methods: tools for engagement and learning with young women subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea

This seminar explores the use of Photovoice and other participatory visual methods within an action research project with women subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea. Dr Mikhailovich will share her insights on using visual methods in the Melanesian context and their pedagogical potential with low literacy young adult women learners. The seminar will explore adaptations of Photovoice, its limitations and challenges as a research tool, drawing attention to ethical issues, logistical hurdles and dynamics of power. The seminar also explores the benefits of participatory photography and its potential for increasing participant engagement, empowerment and fostering women’s agency and learning.

About the Speaker
Dr Katja Mikhailovich is a visiting academic from the Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics and the Australian Institute for Sustainable Communities at the University of Canberra, Australia. Dr Mikhailovich has extensive experience in the leadership and management of research and evaluation projects with a focus on participatory approaches and community partnerships. Her research encompasses a range of significant social issues affecting marginalized and disadvantaged populations including violence against women, sexuality and health care, adolescent risk behaviour, suicide prevention, prisoner health and wellbeing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community development. Dr Mikhailovich is currently engaged in a four-year socioeconomic research and development project in Papua New Guinea working with women subsistence farmers.



Dr Pyone Myat Thu
Research Fellow /Seminar Coordinator
State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Program
College of Asia and Pacific
Australian National University
ACTON ACT 0200
Office: + 612 6125 4344
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