Comment procéder

5	Summary
	HOW TO PROCEED, STEP BY STEP
	Practical information for the group-leader. Working conditions. When working with Photolangage, organisation of space and time is very important. Optimal conditions of work are as follows : - a room big enough to provide two zones : one where the group-leader can expose the photos on tables around which participants can walk freely (step II) ; and the other, where the group can sit with the group-leader to work ( steps I, III, IV) ; - a series of around 50 photos selected according to a theme and a particular audience ; - eventually, a board where the proposed question can be written ; - from two to two and a half hours for 10-15 participants. The work – step by step. A session with Photolangage consists of a minimum of three steps. A fourth one is reccomended for analysis. 1.) Introduction and presentation of the work to the group. (around 10 minutes) 2.) Individual choice of photos (between 5 and 10 minutes) 3.) Groupwork (from 1 to 3 hours) 4.) Groupwork analysis (optional, depending on the objectives – minimum half an hour). 1. Introduction and presentation of work. The group-leader presents the method of work specific to Photolangage and explains how the work will proceed. He must explain clearly the work to be done, give the time limits, and give precise instructions according to this work ; he must motivate the participants and arouse their interest. Clear and precise instructions regarding time, methods of work, step-by-step procedures will allow effective participation and group autonomy. Lastly, the group-leader will make sure that everybody has understood the work to be done. (cf :Further informations to give) 2 . The individual choice. The group-leader displays the photos on a table or another plane surface around which participants can move freely to see all photos. These can be better seen if they are well separated from each other. Without prescribing complete silence, the leader should try to obtain a calm and respectuous atmosphere during the choice of photos. When the participants have made their choice and taken their photos, the group-leader assembles the remaining photos and puts them aside. 2. Groupwork. The leader entertains the groupwork, keeps the time so that everybody can take his photo(s) and say what he has to say. His role is first and foremost that of a listener ; he is both a very present listener to the group, and the facilitator of this listening within the group. He must not judge, evaluate, or comment what is said, he must help every member of the group to express himself and make sure that each member of the group is listened to and understood by the other members. He invites every member of the group to talk, and he makes sure that the sharing progresses by returning questions or making judicious remarks about what has been said. Because the photo allows personal expression, he will make sure that the framework of the question is respected, by asking everybody to speak from their personal experience and history and to keep aside generalities. 4 .Analysis of groupwork. If the group can reserve half an hour, it is interesting to take a moment for analysis with the members of the group, where everybody can give his impressions about the method of work and what has been said. It is a time for analysis and reflexion where appropriation and deepening of the work done with the photos can begin. The group-leader asks the participants how they have felt about this work with photos, what it has aroused in them, what it has meant for them. He can go back step by step and look at the events chronologically. Everybody can speak freely, the group-leader making sure that each member of the group can express himself without being interrupted by another person.