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Visual Art as a Methodological Strategy in Community Participatory Research (100481)
Session Chair: Chie Noyori-Corbett
Wednesday, 5 November 2025 12:45
Session: Session 1
Room: Room E (4F)
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
The presenters, social work researchers, will describe how visual arts can be used effectively in a community participatory research (CPR) project for the purpose of assisting refugees in expressing their thoughts and feelings about relevant support systems for resettlement. The presenter will share an example of CPR using the visual arts in helping women refugees communicate the supports they want and need during the resettlement process in a southern city located in the United States. The presenters worked with a group of refugee women from a Southeast Asian country. As most of the participants could not read or write in their native language or use English, the presenter involved two culturally competent participants in the CBR arts process--an artist and an interpreter from the refugees’ country of origin who assisted participants in framing visual representations of their resettlement needs. The artist created a series of paintings capturing multiple visual representations of the participants focus group discussion content. A subsequent community forum facilitated participants’ further discussion of the paintings in elaborating the support they sought for successful resettlement. The presenter will share the paintings and thematic interpretations with the audience and outline steps she took to incorporate the visual arts in the CBPR process. The presentation will inform the audience about the usefulness of the arts in CBPR in designing helping processes, support systems, and culturally responsive practice.
Authors:
Chie Noyori-Corbett, University of Oklahoma, United States
David P. Moxley, University of Alaska Anchorage, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Chie Noyori-Corbett is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at University of Oklahoma in United States
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