Pencils and photos as tools of communicative research and praxis: Analyzing Minga Perú's quest for social justice in the Amazon

International Communication Gazette

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 313-330

  Singhal, Arvind ^a   Rattine Flaherty, Elizabeth ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication and change; Community based health promotion; Entertainment education; Minga Per ; Participatory photography; Social justice; Visual voices

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749436226     PISSN: 17480485     EISSN: 17480493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1748048506065764     Document Type: Review

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