Saturday, January 26, 2019

(LML) Leprosy Pictures to exhibit - Madurai Health Leprosy

Leprosy Mailing List – January 26,  2019
Ref.:   (LML) Leprosy Pictures to exhibit - Madurai Health Leprosy
From:  Ruth Peters, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Dear Pieter,
Dr. S. Maria Xavier Turtius is asking for support and advice in relation to organizing a photo exhibition.
Some suggestions:
  • Would it be possible to ask people affected by leprosy to make photos about an aspect of their life (e.g., What makes you happy? Where do you find support and care? What are the challenges and barriers that you face?) and display these pictures? There is a qualitative research method called 'Photovoice' which might be of interest to you. Photovoice participants are asked to express their points of view or represent their communities by photographing scenes with a certain question/theme in mind. The process participants go through can be empowering for them and the photos can be used for grassroots social action. 
  • If this is not feasible, could you select pictures for the exhibition together with people affected by leprosy? It would be nice if the exhibition brings across a message that is important to them. Together you can identify pictures that can create or reinforce stigma and exclude these from the exhibition.  
  • Matthew Oldfield is a photographer who made a series of picture of people affected by leprosy in Indonesia. https://images.matthew-oldfield-photography.com/portfolio/C0000A1.5x03Qg8I/G0000MsZjRGKfHiM
  • An organization called 'Positive exposure' utilizes the visual arts to present the humanity and dignity of individuals living with genetic, physical, behavioral and intellectual differences. https://positiveexposure.org/
Kind regards,
Ruth Peters
Visiting research fellow, Department Global Health & Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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