Joana Roque de Pinho ISCTE-IUL, Portogallo e Colorado State University, Stati Uniti d’America
DOI: 10.12835/ve2016.1-0062
Abstract
This photo essay, whose images and captions were created
by farmers living in Cantanhez National Park, Guinea
Bissau, illustrates and analyzes the diverse ways in which
these West African photographers and collaborative
researchers chose to represent change. Some of the visual
and narrative devices employed by the photographers
include staging the past; representing before/after
situations; and thoughtful composition in the visual
depiction of changed and changing physical environments.
Beyond our initial research focus on perceptions of climatic
changes, these farmers turned photographers shared
compelling portrayals of change in its social, economic,
ecological and cultural complexity, in some cases offering
counter-narratives to the dominant environmentalist
narrative about this protected area.
Keywords
Participatory photography, local knowledge, climate change, change, West Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Cantanhez National Park.
