Creative co-production with, by and for people whose voices need to be heard
From schools and refugee camps, to research and creative health, BeyondText works works with people in their communities
for change, not-for-profit
Graphic Journalism challenging narratives & building movements
unstoppable women
UN Women Afghanistan commissioned this graphic journalism co-production with Afghan women, to bring to life Afghan women’s powerful advocacy in the face of the most dangerous reversal of women’s rights in the law MORE >
trauma informed co-production with young asylum people
LIVES ON HOLD, OUR STORIES TOLD
This award-winnning docu-animation was co-produced with young unaccompanied people seeking asylum and researchers, as part of Lives On Hold, Our Stories Told, a participatory research project revealing the legacy of covid MORE >
graphic medicine: young people, RESEARCHERS & SCHOOLS
IF COMICS: MENTAL HEALTH ANTHOLOGY
This pilot aims to develop a replicable approach to co-producing conversation-starting comics about sensitive mental health issues including self-harm. Co-produced with young people, comic artists and mental health professionals MORE>
Graphic medicine research with service users & mental health researchers
Mental health Systems & stories
This anthology of mental health stories shows the intersectional experiences of host and refugee populations in Lebanon. Created with the Lebanese National Mental Health Programme, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine & NGOS. MORE>
participatory film-making for systems change with young asylum seekers
LIVES On hold, our stories told
This award-winnning docu-animation was co-produced with young unaccompanied people seeking asylum and researchers, as part of Lives On Hold, Our Stories Told, a participatory research project revealing the legacy of covid MORE >
Consent in context: guide to operationalising consent across contexts
Co-producing consent
What could happen if consent tools and approaches were created by communities and local researchers in Lebanon, reflecting their values, instead of embedding western concepts that can have far reaching unintentional effects? MORE>
From comics, documentaries and poetry to design, nature-based and embodied practices
“beyond text”* approaches can support vital participation, including:
Storytelling reflecting realities, imagining alternatives and puncturing discourse
Framing problems, developing shared understanding and solutions
Co-production as an ethos, tool and leadership development