Co-Creating Change Online Webinar

[Susanna So]

The following Webinar happening next Wednesday 6 August at 6pm (AEST) might be of interest to many AANZCA members, and it features AANZCA and IAMCR member Professor Susan Forde who will be presenting with Assoc Prof Debbie Bargallie, along with a number of our IAMCR partners from South Africa who are also engaged in participatory action research and co-design. You can find a link to the announcement on LinkedIn and here is the link for social media - https://app4.vision6.com.au/em/message/email/view.php?id=1855479&a=53700&k=ysL7Z2b6hiUsbHEhM41YLD8c36k36H3ezcGXINzz48w

Looking forward to seeing you all again on the Sunshine Coast for the AANZCA conference.

Warm wishes

Monique

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CO-CREATING CHANGE:
PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH IN SOUTH AFRICA AND AUSTRALIA

Online Webinar

Join us for this very special online webinar hosted by Monique Lewis featuring a panel of experts from University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Griffith University (Australia). Hear about their collaborations with Indigenous communities and people with disabilities to co-create knowledge, shape policy, and amplify underrepresented voices. From community radio and heritage preservation to arts-based health research and inclusive digital engagement, these presentations reveal the impact and possibilities of community-centred collaborative research.

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Presentations 

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Dr Emmanual Essel 
The Socio-cultural model for communicating health via community radio

Associate Professor Lauren Dyll 
Marking Memories Past and Present: Engraved Heritage Recording through Participatory Action Research in South Africa

Associate Professor Eliza Govender and Dr Mpume Gumede
Exploring Art-based methods for health and wellbeing through research and community practice

Griffith University

Professor Susan Forde and Associate Professor Debbie Bargallie
Indigenist research methods in communications and media research: A case study of the national review of Indigenous media and broadcasting

Dr Kelsey Chapman
Voice of Queenslanders with Disability: Using Citizen Science to Transform the Disability Policy Research Landscape

 

DATE : Wednesday August 6, 2025
TIME : 6.00pm
VENUE : Online webinar. Link will be sent upon registration

 

 

SPEAKERS

Dr Emmanual Essel
Emmanuel Essel, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Communication, Media and Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal. His research interest is in community radio and health communication.

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Associate Professor Lauren Dyll
Lauren Dyll is Associate Professor in the Centre for Communication, Media and Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Co-Chair of the Participatory Communication Research Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Her research interests include participatory communication, critical indigenous methodologies, heritage, and tourism in terms of the relationship between social change, identity, and knowledge production.

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Associate Professor Eliza Govender and Dr Mpume Gumede
Eliza Govender is an associate Professor in Culture, Communication and Media Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, she is also the co-chair of Health Communication of the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Her research interests include interdisciplinary lens in health communication and public health, communication for development and social change, and participatory art-based methodologies in pandemic research and mental health and wellbeing.
Nompumelelo Gumede, PhD is a Lecturer at the Centre for Communication, Media and Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. She is an academic practitioner in health communication for social and behaviour change.

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Professor Susan Forde and Associate Professor Debbie Bargallie
Susan Forde is a Professor of Media and Journalism at Griffith University, and her research focuses on community and alternative media, including Indigenous and ethnic minority media; and the media of social movements.
Debbie Bargallie is an Associate Professor with the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research at Griffith University. She is a descendant of the Kamilaroi and Wonnarua peoples of New South Wales and a descendant of the Muslim Jat Langrial clan from the Indian subcontinent--histories that shape her research and unwavering commitment to justice. Her research focuses on the theorisation of race.

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Dr Kelsey Chapman
Dr Kelsey Chapman is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work spans inclusive health research, citizen science and co-design, equity-focused policy reform, disability studies, and dignity and ethics in system and service design for people with disability. She is committed to co-designing inclusive and values-led research and learning environments that enhance accessibility, real-world relevance, and inclusion for people with disability.