Jennefer Silva

Connecting with Galway: Your pocket photography activity workbook

Connecting with Galway: Your pocket photography activity workbook was created to encourage social interaction, connections and prosocial behavior. The workbook can encourage individuals to explore Galway through their lenses. By using the book as a guide, users can capture the essence of the community, its landmarks and people, cultivating a sense of belonging and connection. Readers can become active contributors to a collective narrative. The book can be used in different ways: * a guide, to help people to explore the city of Galway and the main attractions while taking pictures and * a workshop guide, the book give information about how to conduct a workshop to bring people together using photography and the book as tool To help with the socialization, a Facebook group was created to help people to talk about the book, share their experiences, create photography outings and workshops. With the aim to instigate prosocial behavior, the book will be available in charity shops or charity websites. The book invites people to donate a framed photograph to a charity shop that can use the money for a cause. The book was created to encourage people to interact with others outside the social media context. People are connected and interacting with others everyday through social media platforms and exchanging likes and comments while sitting on their sofa. People can use the book as a tool to create a local community that shares interest in photography and helps a cause (Donate a photo).