Physical activity in public space: insights from a global community of practice applying photovoice as a tool for digital participatory place analysis

Figures & data

Figure 1. Major elements of our research process.

Table 1. Basic information on each case.

Country	Austria	Brazil	China	Germany	India	Nepal	Pakistan	Switzerland
Place	Public park, a street in Vienna; recreational area along the riverbank in Krems/Austria	The everyday environment in a marginalized community in the urban periphery of Sao Paulo	Daily urban life around campus in Hong Kong	Campus and surrounding in Bochum	Public Park in the city of Bengaluru	The everyday environment in Dhulikhel	Daily urban life in Lahore	Public park in the city of Zurich
Number of photos taken	22	55	25	79	134	34	48	12
Participants	Researchers	Community social workers and young people from the community	Students	Students	Students	Students	Students	Students, urban development expert from the field, Professor
No of participants	6	4	8	20	14	4	5	4
Gender	83% female	100% female	M = 1, F = 7	100% female	M = 5, F = 9	M = 2, F = 2	M = 5	M = 1, F = 3
Recruitment of participants	Casual exchange among colleagues	Through an ongoing research project	During a lecture of a module in a master course	Through DigiSpace and teaching	As part of an elective Studio as an assignment for students	Direct contact was made with a group of participants from the university	Through teaching and training	Students in the context of a teaching module. Working with the professional: personal network.
No of days for taking photos	no joint photo-taking assignment > individual sessions	2 afternoons	3 weeks	1 afternoon	1 afternoon	2 weeks	1 week	1 afternoon
Application of SHOWED	Joint online session	One week later (hybrid face-to-face and online discussion)	Immediately after 3-week of collecting photos online	On the same day face to face	After two months	Immediately after two weeks of photovoice session (online discussion)	After 6 Months	2 weeks later
COVID-19 regulations under power at the time of data collection	No relevant restrictions outdoors (while lockdown in place for most businesses)	Wearing masks (both outside and inside) and social distancing when indoors	No restrictions in the open space	No restrictions for the participants outside	No movement restrictions; only Wearing masks was mandatory	No restriction for the participants outside. Wearing masks as being self-conscious	Wearing of masks	No restrictions in the open space (pictures). Online meetings for all other steps.
Note on the specific context	In Vienna/Europa, car dependency is high	Taking photos with a mobile was challenging due to safety reasons	The participants were asked to take photographs in a place that they were familiar with	The University Campus is monofunctional (education and business)	A public park and an ample lung space interspersed with thoroughfares in Bengaluru	Urban core areas of the municipality, including in/around the university	Many street vendors around	Although it was raining, it was no problem to take photos.

Figure 2. Map representing results in three main categories, an example of Bochum.

Table

Country	Name of participants
China	Students from University of HongKong
Germany	Students from the programme Place and Health as well as two citizens and one scientists took place. Names are not provided as anonymity was guaranteed to the participants.
India	Ms. Aena Saman, Ms. Alankreeta Bharali, Ms. Anjana Anna Poulose, Ms. Anwesha Saha, Ms. Arpitha N R, Ms. Aswathy M B, Mr. Bharath R, Mr. C S Manikrishna, Mr. Hisham Hussain, Ms. Kaddapagunta Sandhya, Mr. Kartik Angadi, Ms. Likhitha D, Ms. Namrata Dewanjee, Mr. Tejaswi Sajjan C R B
Pakistan	Muhammad Usama Mushtaq, Muhammad Zeeshan Shafique, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Azhar, Altaf Hussain
Switzerland	Divna Mata Pavia, Noemi Balsiger, Sabina Ruff, Carlo Fabian
Brazil	Young people from the community of Lago Azul, Franco da Rocha, as well as social assistants of the Social Assistance Reference Centres Lago Azul (Camila de Oliveira Souza) e Vila Bazu, Franco a Rocha, Brazil. Names of the young people are not provided as anonymity was guaranteed to the participants.
Austria	Christina Ipser, Gregor Radinger, Andrea Höltl, Sonja Brachtl, Christine Rottenbacher
Nepal	Sabin Nepal, Pragya Pant, Manisha KC, Rabi Shrestha