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Participation and Beyond : Handing Over the Camera (This link will take you to a web page on the DDS website)
An article by P V Satheesh, Deccan Development Society, Hyderabad, India

P V Satheesh writes that 'the attempt in this paper will be the following

Trace some of the historical beginnings of PV in various parts of the world
Look at the structure of media which made it important for PV to emerge
Argue the case for stronger and increased use of PV to challenge the contemporary media in a globalising world

Look at the links between PRA and PV and see how PV can be seen as a vibrant offspring of PRA and in many cases a possible correction to the misrepresentations that have crept into PRA

More importantly look at the structure of Literacy as it is understood and practised in the developing world and the possibility of PV emerging as a tool of empowerment for non literate, socially excluded populations of this world.

Argue for a global alliance of grassroots groups, international NGOs, Development Academia.'