1. #Finding a common story
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#Finding a common story
This presentation starts with participants reflecting on the meaning of individual pictures. It will become clear to them that one picture can have different meanings. After that, groups of pictures are shown to explain that:
There are different ways to depict a common theme
By showing a combination of pictures it can be easier to explain a certain theme.
See the photovoice manual for all the objectives of this presentation.

2. What else could they depend on?
When we look at a photograph, we ‘scan’ the image looking for meaning: symbols, codes, things that we recognise and help us to understand and interpret the photograph.
What these codes are depends on our culture, our experiences, our age …
What else could they depend on?
Other examples: gender, education, the way you were raised..
To give an example with this slide you can explain that a picture of a mobile phone can bring up positive reactions in young people, but maybe fear in older people who do not understand how to use a phone.
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3. As a result Every picture tells a different story to every person.
Have a look at these individual photographs: what do they tell you?
Think about
What do you see? What is happening?
What does this mean, according to you?
How does this picture make you feel?
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4. What do you see? What is happening?
Ask the participants:
What do you see? What is happening?
What does this mean according to you?
How does this picture make you feel?
Make sure you get different meanings from the group (2 or 3)
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5. What do you see? What is happening?
Ask the participants:
What do you see? What is happening?
What does this mean according to you?
How does this picture make you feel?
Make sure you get different meanings from the group (2 or 3)
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6. What do you see? What is happening?
Ask the participants:
What do you see? What is happening?
What does this mean according to you?
How does this picture make you feel?
Make sure you get different meanings from the group (2 or 3)
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7. What do you see? What is happening?
Ask the participants:
What do you see? What is happening?
What does this mean according to you?
How does this picture make you feel?
Make sure you get different meanings from the group (2 or 3)
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8. Associations Now we are going to look at groups of three photographs.
What theme do they have in common, according to you?
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9. Example 1 What is the common concept or theme?
This can be nature, life, environment, etc. Let the participants come up with answers.
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10. If you have a hard time thinking of a concept, ask yourself this
What do I see?
What do I feel, seeing the pictures?
And why is that?
The aim of the exercise is to:
Show that there are multiple ways to present 1 concept or theme
Show that when there are multiple pictures together, it is easier to present the concept or theme
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14. What theme do they have in common, according to you?
Ask participants what theme they see, and also ask them how the individual pictures contribute to that idea of the theme.
The theme of these pictures could be many things (let participants come up with themes themselves), among them: freedom, liberty
In this exercise there is no right or wrong answer. Everyone interprets the theme of the pictures in their own way.
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18. What theme do they have in common, according to you?
Ask participants what theme they see, and also ask them how the individual pictures contribute to that idea of the theme.
The theme of these pictures could be many things (let participants come up with themes themselves) among: wisdom, religion.
In this exercise there is no right or wrong answer. Everyone interprets the theme of the pictures in their own way.
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22. What theme do they have in common, according to you?
Ask participants what theme they see, and also ask them how the individual pictures contribute to that idea of the theme.
The theme of these pictures could be many things (let participants come up with themes themselves) among: challenge, new start, development, endurance etc.
In this exercise there is no right or wrong answer. Everyone interprets the theme of the pictures in their own way.
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23. So what did you learn from this session?
See next slide for answers
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24. To sum up Different people see different things.
You can use pictures as symbols to help us understand what you want to tell us.
You can use more than one image to explain difficult concepts.
Groups of pictures together strengthen the meaning in an individual picture.
Groups of pictures together ‘invite’ us to see the story.
2. Like the apple and the book can represent knowledge about health
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