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Community Psychology: Common Values, Diverse Practicesparticipatory. It is important to leave a legacy for the research, in terms of publicising the findings and involvingparticipants in further research, to ensure that there is long-term purpose to their involvement.ConclusionVisual participatory methods are a powerful tool for destabilizing the hierarchical power relationships which exitswithin traditional research relationships by considering that people do not only speak but experience and viewtheir world in different ways. Participatory visual methods provide the opportunity for participants to shape thecontent of their enquiry, enabling them to express themselves outside of traditional research boundaries.However, whilst such methods are potentially transformative in opening up new forms of visual narrative, tensionsarise regarding research positionality within the research, requiring the researcher to critically consider and reevaluatetheir position in the research. Whilst visual participatory methods offer the opportunity for true insight,reflection and change, there needs to be more critical consideration of the application and development of themethod.ReferencesBanks, M (2001) Visual methods in social research. London: Sage.Pink, S (2001) Doing ethnography: Images, media and representation in research. London: Sage.Mayer, V (2000) Capturing cultural identity/creating community: a grassroots video project in San Antonio, Texas,International Journal of Cultural Studies, 3, 57–78Moscovici, S. (1994) Social Representations and pragmatic communication, Social Science Information, 33, 163-177.Reavey, P. & Johnson, K. (2008) Visual approaches: Using and interpreting images in qualitative research, in C.Willig & W.Stainton Rogers (eds) The Sage Handbook of qualitative research methods. London: Sage.Robertson, C, Shaw, J (1997) Participatory Video: A Practical Approach to Using Video Creatively in GroupDevelopmental Work. London: Routledge.277