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BU Briefing – Locating the ‘third voice’: participatory film making and the everyday in rural India.

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This research reflects on practice-led research involving a community video project in southern India – Andhra Pradesh. Four of the women involved in this project were asked if they would use their cameras to film their everyday lives.

The aim of this paper was to build on current practice by combining participatory filmmaking with traditional observational documentary techniques and video diary interviews to locate a ‘third voice’ in order to create an engaging narrative and new perspectives on life in rural India.

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For more information about the research, contact Dr Sue Sudbury at smsudbury@bournemouth.ac.uk.
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