Urban Climate 40 (2021) 101019 Available online 31 October 2021 2212-0955/© 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Photovoice in the age of social media: Helping to build participation needed for urban climate resilience? Yanjun Cai a, * , Danny Marks b a School of International Relations, Sun Yat-sen University, PR China b School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, Ireland A R T I C L E INFO Keywords: Photovoice Participation Climate resilience Facebook Philippines ABSTRACT Nontraditional participation is increasingly called for to emphasize inclusiveness and trans- formation from the perspectives of affected populations for climate resilience. Photovoice, a participatory action research method, has been utilized in various felds for revealing critical matters through the local lens. Meanwhile, social network sites (SNSs) such as Facebook act as an interactive platform to raise awareness and facilitate collective activism among diverse stake- holders beyond geographical boundaries through new communication forms. Building on a conceptual review of participatory resilience, we examine the methodology of photovoice and its value in the context of non-traditional participation for climate resilience. Through visual nar- ratives, unstructured observations, and semi-structured interviews, we investigate the ways in which photovoice integrates with social media to transform participatory resilience building. We do so through a case study of the Philippines, with an emphasis on disadvantaged populations. Specifcally, this work substituted traditional and digital cameras with smartphones and estab- lished a social media group on Facebook. The integrated action-oriented approach showcases the network of participation as a mosaic, discovering nuances of engagement from local perspectives. Our article seeks to contribute to the growing literature on contemporary public participation, advocating nontraditional participation for inclusive climate resilience in the era of social media. 1. Introduction In the domain of climate change, participation is regarded as a critical component to build resilience by generating durable and effective decision making through addressing diverse aspects of a variety of actors (Few et al., 2007). Among them, participation of the affected populations, especially those in disadvantaged communities in low and middle-income countries, is increasingly called for but remains understudied in current academic and policymaking discourses (Chandrasekhar et al., 2014; Sarzynski, 2015). The absence of a local lens results in a failure in exploring alternative knowledge-making and socioeconomic mobilization, which would potentially transform problematic orders rooted in maldevelopment (Chu et al., 2017; Cloutier et al., 2015; Wisner, 2016). For instance, in the Philippines, participation in community-based disaster preparedness approaches greatly depends on existing unequal structures and institutions, refecting uneven local power negotiations without effectively mobilizing and empowering affected populations (Allen, 2006). * Corresponding author at: Institute of Belt and Road Studies/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, School of International Relations, Sun Yat-sen University, No.135, Xingang Xi Road, Guangzhou 510275, PR China. E-mail addresses: caiyj36@mail.sysu.edu.cn (Y. Cai), danny.marks@dcu.ie (D. Marks). Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Urban Climate journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/uclim https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.101019 Received 4 November 2020; Received in revised form 4 October 2021; Accepted 27 October 2021