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Volume 23, 2023 – Participatory Film, Ethical Proximity, and Mediated Immersion
The Camera as a Social Catalyst
Sára Haragonics

Acta Univ. Sapientiae, Film and Media Studies, 23 (2023) 62–85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausfm-2023-0004

Abstract: The methodology, practical aspects and social embeddedness of participatory filmmaking and specifically the catalyst method developed by the author are presented in this study through workshop processes in Hungary. While the catalyst method is based on participatory video methodology, it uses film primarily for interpersonal communication, and its main goal is the use of the camera as a group cohesion and intergroup catalyst. The method addresses the representation and self-representation of participants along social fault lines through filmmaking, it is based on the principle of dialogue and aims at community building and participation. The method is hopefully applicable in other countries, as the democratising potential of participatory filmmaking for at least partially redressing existing inequalities can be utilized in other locations as well.


Keywords: participatory filmmaking, minority and majority representation, integration, society, catalyst, community, workshop, group identity.

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