Video for empowerment and social change: a case study with rural women in Fiji

Usha Sundar Harris

Video for empowerment and social change: a case study with rural women in Fiji

Usha Sundar Harris

Department of Media, Music, Communication and Cultural Studies

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the role of community based media, specifically participatory video, towards building cohesive communities based on an ethnographic case study of a participatory video production workshop which the author conducted with rural women in Fiji. Community-centred media, it argues, can play a pivotal role in the reconciliation process in post-conflict societies such as Fiji. Through their engagement in message development individuals are able to dialogue and find ways of solving problems in their own communities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	South Pacific islands communication
Subtitle of host publication	regional perspectives, local issues
Editors	Evangelia Papoutsaki, Usha Sundar Harris
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (WKWSCI-NTU)
Pages	186-205
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9789814136082
Publication status	Published - 2008

Publication series

Name	AMIC Asian communication series
Publisher	Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (WKWSCI-NTU)

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Harris, U. S. (2008). Video for empowerment and social change: a case study with rural women in Fiji. In E. Papoutsaki, & U. S. Harris (Eds.), South Pacific islands communication: regional perspectives, local issues (pp. 186-205). (AMIC Asian communication series). Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (WKWSCI-NTU).

Harris, Usha Sundar. / Video for empowerment and social change : a case study with rural women in Fiji. South Pacific islands communication: regional perspectives, local issues. editor / Evangelia Papoutsaki ; Usha Sundar Harris. Singapore : Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (WKWSCI-NTU), 2008. pp. 186-205 (AMIC Asian communication series).

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Video for empowerment and social change : a case study with rural women in Fiji. / Harris, Usha Sundar.

South Pacific islands communication: regional perspectives, local issues. ed. / Evangelia Papoutsaki; Usha Sundar Harris. Singapore : Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) and Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University (WKWSCI-NTU), 2008. p. 186-205 (AMIC Asian communication series).

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