A guide to how participatory visual methods and arts-based methods can influence social change and make a significant contribution to policy dialogue.

Chapter 1: Introduction: A Framework for Social Change through Participatory Visual Research
Introduction
Policy, Policy, Policy
Community and Policy Dialogue
Critical Audience Engagement
Overview of the Book
Key Points of the Chapter
Chapter 2: Project Design: Beginning with the End in Mind
Introduction
Research Design for Social Change
Participatory Visual Methods
A Case Study: Addressing Campus-based Sexual Violence
Conclusion
Key Points of the Chapter
Chapter 3: Speaking Back as Method
Introduction
Defining Speaking Back
On Using Speaking Back as Method
Features of Speaking Back as Method
Conclusion
Key Points of the Chapter
Chapter 4: Pictures at an Exhibition
Introduction
Community-Based Exhibitions
Processes in Curating
Studying Exhibiting
One Set of Photos, Multiple Showings
Method: Studying Audience Engagement
Studying Audiences through Exhibiting
Exhibition Catalogues
Creating an Exhibition Catalogue
Drawings: Collections and Catalogues
Conclusion
Key Points of the Chapter
Chapter 5: The Pedagogy of Screenings
Introduction
Why a Pedagogy of Screenings?
Methodologies for Screening
Researchers Screening their Own Productions
Researchers Screening Videos Made by Participants
Participants Screening their Own Work
Online Platforms and Screening
Discussion
Conclusion
Key Points of the Chapter
Chapter 6: Digital Artefacts: Researcher-Led Tools for Dialogue
Introduction
Research-Produced Digital Artefacts: A Brief History
Research-Produced Digital Dialogue Tools: Three Cases
A Co-Production: Researchers and Teachers Working Together on a 'Re-mix' Video
Digital Artefacts: Issues to Consider
Researcher Reflexivity/Discussion
Conclusion
Key Points of the Chapter
Chapter 7: Engaging Policy Makers
Introduction
Participant-led Tools for Engaging Policy makers
Taking Research to Policymakers
Using Participatory Video to Engage Policy Makers
Studying Pathways to Impact
Conclusion
Key Points of the Chapter
Chapter 8: What Difference Does This Make?
Introduction
Theories of Change
Tracking Change
Interpretive and Ethnographic Approaches
Conclusion
Key Points of the Chapter

Claudia Mitchell is James McGill Professor and Director, Institute for Human Development and Well-Being (IHDW) at McGill University She is a 2017 Trudeau Fellowship recipient. She has worked with the Canadian International Development Agency (now Global Affairs Canada), UNICEF, UNESCO, and the Gorbachev Foundation. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada's Academy of Social Sciences. In 2016, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council recognized the impact of her quarter-century of SSHRC-funded research and other achievements with the SSHRC Gold Medal, the agency's highest honour.