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For those who say the locals are happy to participate... Many are not. But because of their poverty some they feel they will be left out of initiatives if they don't participate. Few people actually ask them what they want.If you ask 'Can I take your picture?' Most will say yes. https://twitter.com/GerardButler/status/1302347909699006464
But when you ask people 'how do you feel about your picture being shared?' Many will express discomfort and often anger that money is being raised on their image, while all they got was a dog bowl full of food from Gerard Butler.
I've spent 18 months with communities asking these very questions about identity and representation. And I've written about it here about being an African researcher relaying that feedback back to stubborn donors/funders. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13696815.2019.1630261
I would like to engage @MarysMeals in a conversation about representation and working with communities in a manner where they are truly given voice.
The distrust within the communities is so strong but the burden of poverty renders people silent. We cannot sit silently on their fear but must do better and change the scope for them, before they ask. This work must be done independently from the organisations working with them.
