Rejuvenating Neighborhoods and Communities Through Parks—A Guide To Success www.NRPA.org National Recreation and Park Association © 2011 All Rights Reserved 30 Asset Mapping – From Inputs to Effects A parks and recreation expert in asset mapping—more specifically youth asset mapping—is Corliss Outley, Ph.D., from Texas A&M University. Dr. Outley’s graphic representation of the process, shown at an NRPA Congress presentation, includes inputs, products, and effects. Policy changes and allocation shifts are highly desirable outcomes of the asset mapping process. Photovoice Another participatory action research approach is photovoice This technique enables people of all ages and languages to share information about their communities through pictures This grassroots approach for social change was devised by Dr Caroline Wang in the early 1990s for use in China It helped women living in a remote province to take photos and write stories about the photos to influence policy changes—changes usually made by public officials who had never been to their province Photovoice provides an entirely different dimension to the process than one involving “the experts ” Using it, residents can easily explain both what they perceive as valuable or important and what aspects of their community need changing Photovoice: • Enables the people who actually live in the community to record and reflect the community’s strength and challenges • Promotes greater awareness of community needs on the part of policymakers • Increases the possibility that changes can occur that address the needs of the community At its core, participatory action research such as photovoice aims to increase the involvement of marginalized groups in decisionmaking that affects their lives and the lives of others in the community. – AUTUMN SAXTON-ROSS, PH.D., WASHINGTON PARKS & PEOPLE
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