Engaging NEETs through image sharing and photography: evaluating the impact on communication, self-awareness, learning

通过图像分享和摄影吸引尼特族：评估对沟通、自我意识和学习的影响

• 批准号: 1947686
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Nottingham Trent University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1947686
• 关键词: Engaging; NEETs; through; image; sharing

There are over a million young people in the UK who are NEET (16-24 year old young people not ineducation, employment or training). There has been renewed political focus on this issue due tothe imposed cost on society (London, Institute for Public Policy Research, 2013). At the same time,photography has become a particularly attractive medium for young people - due to social mediaand the accessibility of camera phones (50% of Instagram users are aged 16-29 and Snapchat is themost popular network amongst teens). The proposed project will examine how this interest can beharnessed. It will look at how online image sharing and photography based methods can beapplied to groups of NEETs in order to enhance their communication and self-awareness, developtransferable skills and ultimately lead to their reengagement with learning and employment. Sincethe advent of social media and digital photography, there has been a resurgence in the use ofphotography as an agent for social and personal change (LOEWENTHAL, 2013). This has created arecognised need for new rigorous evaluation which my research will aim to provide.I hold an MA (distinction) in photography, where I researched the therapeutic use of photography. Iam a trained participatory photography facilitator and founder of HumanCamera.org - a socialenterprise that runs photography based community projects, exhibitions and workshops. My twolatest projects form the preliminary research of my doctoral study. The first was reengagement of34 unemployed, adult, mental health sufferers. It concluded with 80% of them proceeding toemployment and education, an exhibition and a photography publication available at Waterstones.The second was a project supported by the Young Academy. It looked at how photography, imagesharing and visual literacy can engage secondary school students and promote responsible andmeaningful picture sharing. The short intervention at Bramcote School consortium and the studentand teacher enquires concluded with many interested students.Aims- To evaluate how photography and online image sharing can enhance communication andself-awareness and ultimately lead to reengaging NEETs with learning and employment utilising their interest in the medium.- To determine how existing photography based methods can be developed by incorporatingonline image sharing thus creating a new replicable method for the reengagement ofNEETs.ContextThe benefits of photography as a tool for social engagement and development of health andwellbeing is a recognised and examined mechanism (LOEWENTHAL, 2013). I will draw uponexisting research on therapeutic photography - a process where no formal therapy takes place butthe participants engaging in it experience personal insight (WEISER, 1999), as well as studies onparticipatory arts and their link to improved self-expression and motivation (Arts Council England,2012). I will build upon relevant research on PhotoVoice - a participatory photography actionresearch method (WANG, 1999) and research like Literacy Through Photography - a methodologythat encourages young people to photograph scenes from their lives and use them as catalysts forexpression (Documentarystudies.duke.edu, 2011). My project will expand on this existing researchby focusing specifically on the use of these methods in reengaging NEETs and will provide newinformation on their impact and application within an online environment.My research will directly benefit organisations that need to evidence their work. It will provide anew replicable method that can be used by organisations focusing on NEETs engagement andschools that are working on NEETs prevention. Finally, it will provide insight into the use of onlinepicture sharing for the engagement of NEETs reducing the overall costs on society.

在英国，有超过一百万的年轻人是NEET（16-24岁的年轻人没有接受教育，就业或培训）。由于对社会造成的成本，这一问题再次成为政治关注的焦点（伦敦，公共政策研究所，2013年）。与此同时，由于社交媒体和照相手机的普及，摄影已成为对年轻人特别有吸引力的媒介（50%的Instagram用户年龄在16-29岁之间，Snapchat是青少年中最受欢迎的网络）。拟议的项目将研究如何利用这种兴趣。它将研究如何将在线图像共享和基于摄影的方法应用于NEESTs群体，以增强他们的沟通和自我意识，发展可转移的技能，并最终导致他们重新参与学习和就业。自社交媒体和数码摄影的出现以来，摄影作为社会和个人变革的代理人已经复苏（LOEWENTHAL，2013）。这就产生了一个新的严格的评估，我的研究将致力于提供一个公认的需要。我持有硕士（区别）在摄影，在那里我研究了摄影的治疗用途。我是一个训练有素的参与式摄影促进者和HumanCamera.org的创始人-一个社会企业，经营基于摄影的社区项目，展览和研讨会。我最新的两个项目构成了我博士研究的初步研究。第一个是34名失业的成年精神病患者的重新参与。活动结束时，80%的人参加了就业和教育，在水石画廊举办了一个展览，并出版了一本摄影刊物。它研究了摄影、图像共享和视觉素养如何吸引中学生并促进负责任和有意义的图片共享。在布拉姆科特学校联盟的简短干预和学生和教师的询问结束了许多感兴趣的学生。目的-评估如何摄影和在线图像共享可以加强沟通和自我意识，并最终导致重新参与NEESTs与学习和就业利用他们的兴趣在媒体。为了确定如何现有的摄影为基础的方法可以通过扩展在线图像共享开发，从而创建一个新的可复制的方法，重新参与的NEEST.ContextThe摄影的好处作为一种工具，社会参与和发展的健康和福祉是一个公认的和检查的机制（LOEWENTHAL，2013）。我将借鉴现有的治疗摄影的研究-一个没有正式的治疗发生的过程，但参与其中的参与者体验到个人的洞察力（WEISER，1999），以及参与式艺术及其与改善自我表达和动机的联系的研究（英国艺术理事会，2012）。我将以PhotoVoice的相关研究为基础--一种参与性的摄影行动研究方法（WANG，1999），以及通过摄影识字的研究--一种鼓励年轻人拍摄生活场景并将其用作表达催化剂的方法（Documentarystudies.duke.edu，2011）。我的项目将在现有研究的基础上进行扩展，特别关注这些方法在重新吸引网络工作者方面的应用，并将提供有关其在在线环境中的影响和应用的新信息。它将提供一种新的可复制的方法，可供专注于NEO参与的组织和致力于NEO预防的学校使用。最后，它将提供深入了解使用在线图片共享的参与NEEMOs减少社会的整体成本。