Dr Mandy Hughes

Collaborative media-making is a process whereby a researcher or community worker connects with selected participants to create a safe space to codesign media outputs, including films, photography, and other creative works. Collaborative media-making prioritizes the authentic telling of lived experiences. As forced migration continues to be a compelling issue in the contemporary globalized world, sharing authentic refugee stories is paramount to understanding the complexity of migration and settlement experiences. Collaborative media-making presents itself as a way to engage respectfully with refugee storytellers to represent their journeys navigating their lives in transition or their new homeland. This entry presents background information on collaborative media-making and highlights issues specific to working with refugees in this space, including ethical concerns and the potential positive impact of utilizing this method of knowledge creation and dissemination. Whereas collaborative media-making can take many forms, this entry focuses on collaborative filmmaking.