Chinese Village Women as Visual Anthropologists: A Participatory Approach to Reaching Policymakers
September 22, 2008
In this article, authors Caroline Wang, Mary Ann Burris and Xiang Yue Ping (1996) study the unbelievable labor force of Chinese women in rural China. Often unseen and unheard, researchers used a participant photography method to “(1) empower rural women to record and reflect their lives, especially health needs, from their own point of view; (2) to increase their collective knowledge about women’s health status; and (3) to inform policymakers and the broader society about health and community issues that are of greatest concern to rural women.”
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Social Science & Medicine 1996
Caroline Wanga, Mary Ann Burrisb and Xiang Yue Pingc
a School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, U.S.A. b The Ford Foundation, International Club, No. 21, Jianguomenwai Dajie, Beijing 100020, People’s Republic of China c Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, 45 Qixiang Road, Kunming 650032, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
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