As part of Photo Month 2010 a specially chosen panel will discuss the way that participatory photography projects can empower disadvantaged communities, and will look at some of the challenges and tensions involved.
The following will be speaking (including fellow Clinic-er Ben Thomas):
Designer Ilan Molcho has been volunteering with the Negev Coexistence Forum to run photography workshops in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Wadi Al Na'am in Southern Israel for two years. By introducing children to the art of photography, the project nurtures their creative skills and allows them to share their view of their community, family and the daily hardships they face.
Jane Martin, is programme manager for PhotoVoice, a UK based organization which has worked with partners to create 50 participatory photography projects in 23 countries worldwide.
Photographer Ben Thomas has been working with Amnesty International on a PhotoVoice project in Paraguay with a community of indigenous people who are fighting for the right to access their ancestral land.
Janice McLaren (chair) is head of education and projects at the Photographers’ Gallery.
The event begins at 7:30pm on Thursday 4th November, and will be held at the The Human Rights Action Centre.