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This article intends to reflect upon the process of appropriation of visual narratives while mediation of an African women group, from northwestern Guinea-Bissau, of Felupe ethnicity. The project “photographing is to give life”, based on the Photovoice methodology (Wang and Burris, 1997), has the purpose of offering tools that help in the process of recognizing the role of women in the society. Visual Participatory Action Research (PAR) was conducted in June 2016 with 28 women in the rural communities of Varela and Suzana. The project comes to be understood as a connecting element of personal experiences and mediations for these women to make visual meanings around maternal reproductive and child health. During the 13 encounters, this group of Felupe women photographed their daily lives, daily work, community, family, and traditional ceremonies. This article presents the field reports associated with the experiences of their practical, experiential, and conceptual knowledge of their problems in a process of empowerment based on a participatory understanding of agendas that influence the promotion of the idea of motherhood (Badinter, 1985; 2011), gender equality, and the role of women in Guinean society.Keywords: participatory photography, women, Guine-Bissau. |
