Creative co-production with, by and for people for change -not for profit
From schools and refugee camps, to research and creative health, BeyondText is a creative network collaborating with people in their communities.
Graphic Journalism: challenging narratives, building movements
unstoppable women
UN Women Afghanistan commissioned this graphic journalism-led campaign co-produced with Afghan women, to bring to life their powerful advocacy in the face of the most dangerous reversal of women’s rights in the world MORE >
trauma informed co-production with young asylum-seeking people
LIVES ON HOLD, OUR STORIES TOLD
This animation was drawn by young unaccompanied people seeking asylum and co-produced with mentor-animators as part of Lives On Hold, Our Stories Told, a participatory research project revealing the legacy of covid on young people MORE >
graphic medicine: young people, RESEARCHERS, SCHOOLS & psychologists
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>
visual mental health research with service users & 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 documentary was co-produced with young unaccompanied people seeking asylum and researchers, as part of Lives On Hold, Our Stories Told, a participatory research project MORE >
Contextualising consent: A guide by communities & researchers
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 campaigns, to poetry, podcasts and embodied practices
“beyond text”* approaches can support vital participation, including:
Storytelling reflecting realities, imagining alternatives and puncturing discourses
Framing problems, developing shared understanding and solutions
Co-production as an ethos, tool and leadership development