Security and activism: using participatory photography to elicit perceptions of information and authority among hispanic migrants in the u.s.

Vannini, Sara; Gomez, Ricardo; Guajardo, Veronica

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Title

Security and activism: using participatory photography to elicit perceptions of information and authority among hispanic migrants in the u.s.

Author(s)

Vannini, Sara; Gomez, Ricardo; Guajardo, Veronica

Issue Date

2016-03-15

Keyword(s)

• immigration
• Latino studies
• migration studies
• photo-elicitation
• visual methods

Abstract

This paper presents results of a participatory photography research where we explore Information, culture and identity in the lives of disenfranchised groups such as undocumented migrants in the U.S.. Information behaviors of undocumented migrants are difficult to uncover, given their legal status. Migrants experience complex relations with authority, security and social activism, and their Information behaviors are mediated by the transience of their life experiences while at the border, the constant fear of detention and deportation in their daily lives, and their growing involvement with protests and activism for their rights as they become more established in their host country. We compare migrants’ experiences at the U.S.-Mexico border with experiences in Seattle, Washington, and we uncover four migrants’ information behavior types, corresponding to different stages of transience in their lives, while reflecting on participatory photography as a methodological framework suitable to a social group at the fringes of mainstream society.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

IConference 2016 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89319

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https://doi.org/10.9776/16279

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