ABSTRACT

This article considers the implications of incorporating participatory video in International Relations (IR) research. Drawing on existing aesthetic and visual IR research, I critically reflect on a case study incorporating participatory video in research investigating young women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific. Through participatory video, young women redressed their common invisibility and challenged portrayals situating them as unable to lead and make decisions. In this way, participatory video disrupted and unsettled power relations often resulting in young people’s marginalisation from policymaking. Given its ability to make space for productive reflections on, and challenges to, existing power dynamics amongst and between researchers, research participants, and the state, participatory video can productively push the boundaries of IR research. Limitations and challenges of using participatory video are also evident and require reflection. Overall, I suggest that participatory video can generate new critiques and knowledge to productively shape current and future IR research, including through offering unique insights that could be missed by other methods in IR, including other filmmaking approaches.

抽象的

本文考虑了将参与式视频纳入国际关系（IR）研究的意义。借助现有的美学和视觉IR研究，我认真思考了一个案例研究，该案例研究将参与性视频纳入研究亚太地区年轻女性领导力的研究中。通过参与式录像，年轻妇女纠正了她们的隐形现象，并挑战了她们的形象，使她们无法领导和做出决定。通过这种方式，参与式视频破坏了权力关系，使他们之间的不稳定关系常常导致年轻人在决策过程中被边缘化。鉴于其有能力为研究人员，研究参与者与国家之间以及之间的现有动力动态进行富有成效的思考和提出挑战，参与式视频可以有效地推动IR研究的边界。使用参与式视频的局限性和挑战也很明显，需要反思。总体而言，我建议参与式视频可以产生新的批评和知识，以有效地影响当前和未来的IR研究，包括提供独特的见解，而IR的其他方法（包括其他电影制作方法）可能会错过这些见解。