Learning about Community Leadership: Fusing Methodology and Pedagogy to Learn about the Lives of Settlement Women

• Published in: Adult education quarterly (American Association for Adult and Continuing Education) Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 189 - 206
• Main Author: Daniels, Doria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington SAGE Publications 01.05.2003; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Adult Basic Education; Adult Education; Adult Students; Community; Community Building; Community Leaders; Females; Foreign Countries; Leadership; Learning Processes; Nonformal Education; Photography; Pictorial Stimuli; Qualitative research; South Africa; Women; Womens Education; South Africa; Africa; community leadership; feminist research; community building; nonformal education; adult education; Africa
• ISSN: 0741-7136; 1552-3047
• DOI: 10.1177/0741713603053003004

This study presents a practical application of photography and drawing to a qualitative study on community building and leadership in a South African settlement. The article describes how the researcher and participants used visual data that the participants in the study produced for a collaborative nonformal education workshop on community building. Using their own photographs and drawings, the women evaluated their shared leadership roles and contributions to community building. The sharing of their own experiences created opportunities for collaboration among women who were divided along ethnic, cultural, and political lines. The fusion of methodology and pedagogy brought about a better understanding of power relationships and its effect on women's development. The study presents the research and educational potential of photography and drawing as data source and material for learning.