A child's right to participation: Photovoice as methodology for documenting the experiences of children living in Kenyan Orphanages

Visual Anthropology Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-161

  Johnson, Ginger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood; Kenya; orphans; photovoice; visual methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755170716     PISSN: 10587187     EISSN: 15487458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-7458.2011.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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