title: Beyond engagement in working with children in eight Nairobi slums to address safety, security, and housing: Digital tools for policy and community dialogue.
abstract: This article studies the ways in which researchers working in the area of health and social research and using participatory visual methods might extend the reach of participant-generated creations such as photos and drawings to engage community leaders and policy-makers. Framed as going 'beyond engagement', the article explores the idea of the production of researcher-led digital dialogue tools, focusing on one example, based on a series of visual arts-based workshops with children from eight slums in Nairobi addressing issues of safety, security, and well-being in relation to housing. The authors conclude that there is a need for researchers to embark upon the use of visual tools to expand the life and use of visual productions, and in particular to ensure meaningful participation of communities in social change.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Integrated Studies in Education , McGill University , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: b Department of Educational Foundations , Kenyatta University , Nairobi , Kenya.
authors.forename: Fatuma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chege
authors.affiliation: c Department of Sociology , Kenyatta University , Nairobi , Kenya.
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maina
authors.affiliation: d Groupe-conseil INTERALIA , Montréal , Canada.
authors.forename: Margot
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rothman
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D002648:Child; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D003196:Computer Graphics; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D010781:Photography; D011204:Poverty Areas; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012449:Safety; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: Arts-based research; Kenya; digital dialogue tool; safety and security; slums