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Diversity Revealed: Photovoice Methodology as a Means for Understanding How Teens Construct Diversity

Through the partnership of standpoint theory and photovoice method, the present study looked at how teenagers, attending a multicultural education camp, define diversity, as well as what the participants considered to be the benefits and limitations of diversity. Standpoint theory gives the theoretical perspective to understand the marginalized voice of teenagers, while photovoice provides the tools to better capture and understand their marginalized voice.

This study was situated in a professionally-developed camp, Camp CommUNITY, that emphasizes multicultural awareness amongst teens. Nine participants and 46 pictures were analyzed. Resulting from open coding, 11 categories and 6 themes were identified. Each theme and definitions of diversity are approached with a dialectical perspective, yielding to the model of dialectical dimensions of diversity. To answer Research Question 2, participants identified both benefits and limitations for photovoice method. Additional theoretical, practical, and methodological implications, limitations, and directions for future research are addressed.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc68040
Date05 1900
CreatorsRodriguez, Stuti Mehta
ContributorsRichardson, Brian, Anderson, Karen A., Wittenberg-Lyles, Elaine
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Rodriguez, Stuti Mehta, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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