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Participatory content creation: voice, communication, and development

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  • Jo Tacchi
  • Jerry Watkins
  • Kosala Keerthirathne

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This article uses the example of a mobile mixed-media platform – a converted three-wheeled auto-rickshaw – in Sri Lanka in order to explore whether and how content-creation activities can enable marginalised communities to have a voice. It draws upon research into participatory content-creation activities conducted in 15 locations across India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The main findings are: the need to pay attention to context when thinking about what might be locally appropriate, relevant, and beneficial in terms of participatory content creation; the benefits that can be gained from creatively reaching out to and engaging marginalised groups and encouraging a diversity of voices; the usefulness of locally produced content for generating local debate around local issues; and the benefits of encouraging participation at all stages of content creation, so that content is locally meaningful and might lead to positive social change.

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  • Jo Tacchi & Jerry Watkins & Kosala Keerthirathne, 2009. "Participatory content creation: voice, communication, and development," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(4-5), pages 573-584.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:19:y:2009:i:4-5:p:573-584
    DOI: 10.1080/09614520902866389
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