Art-based reflections from 12 years of adolescent health and development-related research in South Africa.

Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9008939 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1460-2245 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09574824 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Promot Int Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Eynsham, Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, c1990-

Adolescent Health* ; HIV Infections*/prevention & control; Adolescent ; Humans ; Social Support ; South Africa

This paper presents empirical and methodological findings from an art-based, participatory process with a group (n = 16) of adolescent and young advisors in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. In a weekend workshop, participants reflected on their participation in 12 years of health and development-related research through theatre, song, visual methodologies and semi-structured interviews. Empirical findings suggest that participants interpreted the group research encounter as a site of empowerment, social support and as a socio-political endeavour. Through song, theatre and a mural illustration, they demonstrated that they value 'unity' in research, with the aim of ameliorating the conditions of adolescents and young people in other parts of South Africa and the continent. Methodological findings document how participants deployed art-based approaches from South Africa's powerful history of activism, including the struggle against apartheid, the fight for anti-retroviral therapy and more recent social movements towards decolonization.
(© The Author(s) 2022. Published by Oxford University Press.)

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MR/R022372/1 United Kingdom MRC_ Medical Research Council; K43TW011434 United States NH NIH HHS; K43 TW011434 United States TW FIC NIH HHS

Keywords: South Africa; adolescence; art-based research; empowerment; participation

Date Created: 20220624 Date Completed: 20220627 Latest Revision: 20240214

20240214

PMC9226653

10.1093/heapro/daac020

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