Decolonising research and folk media: a methodology for Exploring narratives of HIV and AIDS in rural Malawi

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Table 1. Participant selection process.

Step	Level of selection	Stakeholder
1	Selecting Regions	Myself
2	Selecting District and Health Centres	Program officer of ArtGlo (local NGO working with Health Centres across the country) and Myself
3	Selecting Traditional Authority (T/A) and Group Village Head (GVH)	Health Surveillance Assistants (HSAs) at the Health Centres
4	Selecting Participating Villages and Participants	Group Village Heads and their Village Heads

Table 2. Summary of processes in phase 2 workshops.

Days	Objectives	Folk Media
1	Familiarization with the participants, building rapport and establishing workshop norms	Nyimbo/Magule (Songs and dances), Ndagi/ntchezero (riddles), Nthano (folk tales)
2 and 3	Getting to know the community from the participants’ perspective’	Mlozo (Map-ping), Chipako (game), Kuyerekezera (miming), Sewero (dramatic enactments), Nyimbo ndi magule (Songs and Dances), Reflections
4, 5 and 6	Exploring how the participants and their communities understand and make sense of HIV and AIDS Summarising “mitu ikulu ikulu” (major themes)	Nyimbo (Songs) Magule (dances), masewero (dramatic enactments), Bwalo la mfumu (arena/forum of chiefs) Ndakatulo (Poem), Reflections
7,8 and 9	Creating a community-wide performance	Group discussions and presentations, Nthano, sewero, magule, Nyimbo Reflections

Figure 1. Women dancing chinana during phase 3 in Dedza.