Published In
American Journal of Community Psychology
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
2-13-2026
Subjects
Photovoice Methodology -- Auto‐photovoice, Community psychology education, COVID‐19, Online education, Reflexivity
Abstract
This article introduces "auto-photovoice," a novel self-reflexive extension of photovoice methodology where participant-researchers turn the camera on themselves to explore their personal experiences and observations of a phenomenon. In our exemplar project, students and faculty codesigned and implemented auto-photovoice methodology during a 10-week online community psychology graduate seminar during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. Our photos addressed the prompt, "What inequities do we experience and witness in well-being related to COVID-19?" The initial analysis of weekly discussions of the photos identified 24 themes regarding COVID-19 impacts, which we later synthesized into four more general themes: (1) systemic social injustices, (2) abuses of power, (3) inequitable access, and (4) differential experiences among workers. As participant-researchers practicing auto-photovoice, we created a sense of community and an empowering pedagogy in our first remote online class during the initial weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a methodology rooted in epistemologies that value reflexive and participatory knowledge creation, auto-photovoice facilitates us working empathically and authentically with communities in projects characterized by epistemic respect and justice.
Rights
© 2026 American Journal of Community Psychology.
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DOI
10.1002/ajcp.70053
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44481
Publisher
Wiley
Citation Details
Mankowski, E. S., Bernard, L., Brott, H., Hachem, Z. A., Lipman, A., Petit, B., & Snoeyink, M. J. (2026). Auto‐photovoice: A reflexive extension of photovoice methodology and its practice in a COVID‐quarantined community psychology course. American Journal of Community Psychology. Portico.
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This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published as: Auto‐photovoice: A reflexive extension of photovoice methodology and its practice in a COVID‐quarantined community psychology course. American Journal of Community Psychology. (2026)