The Odyssey Project: Warriors Come Home uses photography as a tool of community engagement to help veterans explore the journey home from war in a safe space. The goal of the exercises is to help participants consolidate their memories and communicate a narrative of their experiences more comfortably. Using a mixed-methods approach, this project will constitute the first formal evaluation of the Odyssey Project's impact on veterans' social connections, well-being and quality of life, as well as how veterans describe the experience of participating in the Odyssey Project in the context of reintegration into civilian life.

Bonnie M. Vest, PhD (Principal Investigator)
Vasiliki Neofotistos, PhD (Co-Investigator; Department of Anthropology)

University at Buffalo Civic Engagement Research Fund - [10/16/2023 - 10/16/2024]

Manuscript in Progress