Anti-Stigma Potentials of Mobile Methods

The article refers to the problem of stigmatisation, generally understood as discrediting dignity and refusing to respect individuals and groups due to their attributes, such as appearance, race, nationality, gender, age, social status, sexual orientation or religion. The article aims to determine the extent to which the use of mobile methods in social education can contribute to preventing, reducing, and overcoming the phenomenon of stigmatisation. The article has both a theoretical, methodological and empirical dimension. On the theoretical level, it proposes a transformative approach as adequate in terms of searching for anti-stigma potentials. Methodologically, it contains a description of mobile methods, a relatively new set of ways of conducting social research, and, at the same time, a potential way of preventing and overcoming stigma within educational practices. On the empirical level, it presents a case study to illustrate the described methods and their anti-stigma potentials.