IV. Examples of Photovoice

Below are photovoice examples from Jimenez and his students.

Photovoice 1: Juan Carlos

“There are parts of our history, our memory, that I wish to always tell, to always share, to be part of our myths and legends, our collective knowledge …There are other things I am conflicted about sharing. Do you share pain? … I want future generations to know about the pain of our      past generations … But does that mean that they should feel that pain as well?”

Photovoice 2: Submission of Salvadoran Food Cultures

“Some social media pages that I follow focus on sharing Salvadoran recipes, experiences, or slang, respectively. I’ll often share relatable content with my Salvadoran friends and family… Although the Salvadoran diaspora is widespread and spans different generations, a lot of us share similar experiences and social media has made it easier for me to see that…”

Photovoice 3: Submission of Salvadoran Food Cultures.

“I captured this photo because my mother teases me and says that she has been eating beans her whole entire life. And, I said to my mother jokingly,     ’do not worry mother, I will make sure that we will have plenty of beans in our backyard someday, and so far, this is the first bean to grow in my garden this summer and I am looking forward to making the Salvadoran bean soup!”

Photovoice 4: Submission for a Food Studies Class

“….This image has me reflecting on the financial realities we are all living through since the start of this pandemic… I imagine that it is quite hard and worrisome for a family to have a business of this calibre right on Spadina. It is hard to compete with big box stores like Canadian Tire, Walmart, etc…”

Photovoice 5: Juan Carlos’s Photovoice Shared with Undergraduate Geography Students.

“A big interest of mine with climate research is thinking about the everyday experience of people living with the realities of climate change, the day to day, everyday struggles…our daily ‘resiliencies’ and ‘resistances’….”