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Combatting Corruption Through Participatory Video: A Guide for Practitioners

Oxford; Berlin: InsightShare;Transparency International (2019), 61 pp.

ISBN 978-3-96076-098-6

CC BY-ND

"The first chapter is devoted to the project development phase. It includes advice and guidance to anyone considering using participatory video (within the context of anti-corruption work) together with recommendations for key elements in the planning stage. Subsequent chapters explore critical techniques for facilitating corruption-focussed projects; from the workshop stages through to fieldwork and audience engagement. A collection of detailed case studies conclude the guidebook. These describe the participatory video projects implemented by Transparency International and InsightShare, together with an extra case study from a project that addressed corruption in the school system implemented by the India-based organisation Video Volunteers. The basic techniques and approaches of participatory video are not included in this guide. The guide does not include exercises for participants to learn technical skills, develop story structures, undertake group-based filmmaking, or ice-breakers and other complimentary workshop activities [...] Instead, this guide presents specific considerations for those designing corruption-focussed projects and provides a range of exercises for the facilitators. While the focus is on addressing issues of corruption, many of the ideas and approaches will be useful to practitioners in general. The sections on Choosing Participatory Video, Participant Selection, Project Structure, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent are likely to be relevant to a wide-range of projects." (Page 9)
1 Executive Summary, 6
2 Introduction, 7
3 Project Development, 10
4 Protecting Participants, 18
5 Exploration & Communication, 23
6 Increasing Social Accountability, 28
7 Key Resources, 33
8 Endotes, 34
9 Case Studies, 36
Gendered Corruption in Customary Practices (Ghana) -- Untangling Decades of Corruption and Confusion (Kenya) -- The Road to Resettlement: A Community Searches for Truth (Sierra Leone) -- Our Time to be Heard: Youth, Poverty Forums and participatory video (Liberia) -- Tackling Corruption through Participatory Media (India): a case study from Video Volunteers