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Across the Bridge: Using PhotoVoice to Study Environment and Health in a Romani Community.
(2009)
  • Krista Harper, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • The Sajó River Association for Environment and Community Development, Hungary, The Sajó River Association for Environment and Community Development, Hungary
Abstract
This photo essay is the product of a partnership between Prof. Krista Harper, the Sajó River Association for Environment and Community Development, and community organizer Judit Bari. The project took place in a small city in northeastern Hungary hit hard by factory closings since the collapse of state socialism in 1989. The Roma community, about 20% of the town’s population, has been especially vulnerable. A team of six young people participated as photographers and discussion participants, working closely with Harper and Bari. Other community members joined discussions of the images. The team held a photo exhibition in the neighborhood where the photos were taken, inviting city council members, health care providers, and environmentalists from a city nearby. The team held another exhibition in Budapest. Ministry officials, academic researchers, and activists took part in a formal discussion. Harper and Bari presented the team’s photographs at the United Nations Committee on Social, Economic, and Cultural Rights in Geneva.
Keywords
  • Environmental justice,
  • Roma (Gypsies),
  • public health,
  • environmental inequalities,
  • PhotoVoice,
  • participatory action research (PAR),
  • racism,
  • Hungary,
  • Europe
Publication Date
June, 2009
Citation Information
Krista Harper and The Sajó River Association for Environment and Community Development, Hungary. "Across the Bridge: Using PhotoVoice to Study Environment and Health in a Romani Community." (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/krista_harper/3/