Participatory Video : Rural People Document their Knowledge and Innovations

Indigenous knowledge and local initiatives are usually documented and disseminated by outsiders, who make their own interpretations in the process. Participatory Video (PV) provides an opportunity for rural people to document their own knowledge an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/08/5545885/participatory-video-rural-people-document-knowledge-innovations
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10766
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Summary:Indigenous knowledge and local initiatives are usually documented and disseminated by outsiders, who make their own interpretations in the process. Participatory Video (PV) provides an opportunity for rural people to document their own knowledge and experiences and to express their wants and hopes from their own perspectives. All people in a community, whatever their formal level of education, can use video to communicate their perspectives.