title: Images of Place: Visuals from Migrant Women Sex Workers in South Africa.
abstract: Many migrants in inner-city Johannesburg survive through unconventional and sometimes criminalized livelihood activities. In this article, we draw on data from a study that applied a participatory visual methodology to work with migrant women who sell sex, and explored the suitability of this approach as a way to engage with a presumed 'hard to reach' urban population. The lived experiences of migrant women sex workers were documented by combining participatory visual methods with a more traditional ethnographic approach, and this approach led us to new ways of seeing their worlds. This methodological approach raises important considerations for working with marginalized and criminalized urban groups.
authors: a African Centre for Migration & Society , University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa.
authors: Elsa
authors: E
authors: Oliveira
authors: Jo
authors: J
authors: Vearey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D060432:Anthropology, Medical; D003415:Crime; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033262:Narration; D011203:Poverty; D060386:Sex Workers / Q000523:psychology*; D013019:South Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: South Africa; migration; participation; sex work; visual methodologies