The Photovoice Lab is a participatory process engaging young people mostly in their 20s, conducted as part of the project VERVE.
Photovoice is a research and social engagement methodology that encourages people to voice their understanding of reality through images and narratives. The method has been historically used to bring to light dismissed or marginalized issues, and to create a space for participation, creative expression, and personal & collective awareness.
VERVE’s Photovoice Lab was organized in the spring and summer of 2023 in the area of Belluno, in the Italian North-Eastern Alps. The Lab focused on the relationship between people and their environment, aiming to stimulate new perspectives, to dismantle rigid dichotomies between nature and culture, and to produce new imaginaries, beyond the stereotypical representations of the rural-mountain context.
The Lab consisted of five workshop sessions, each with approximately fifteen participants. The Lab concluded with a public exhibition to share participants’ pictures and stories with the wider public.
Learn more about the Photovoice Lab through these short videos:
Observe to Regenerate: the public exhibition
The images and stories created by the Photovoice Lab’s participants were shared with the public through a travelling exhibition. The exhibition was launched at the “Oltre Le Vette” Cultural Festival in Belluno in October 2023 and subsequently toured various high schools in the region.
A digital version of the exhibition will be available on this page soon.
VERVE is funded by the European Union under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (VERVE H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, Grant Agreement n.101025710). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
