This book helps students and scholars get started on the exciting journey of using visual data in social research. It covers the many uses a researcher can make of images, from creating images as a ...part of the research process to collecting and analyzing images from diverse sources. Exploring the opportunities and arming readers with tools to overcome some of the practical challenges, Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research is a perfect guide to uncovering new and unexpected dimensions of social life.
Examining the wide range of uses of visual images in qualitative research, Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research incorporates discussion of visual data produced by the researcher, and that ...produced by those under study. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the practice of visually-orientated research.
This volume provides a basic framework for using visual data - namely still photographs - as a tool for social analysis. The authors determine the importance of theoretical assumptions in analyzing ...these data and provide advice on how to use photographs in cognitive, symbolist and structuralist research. The book is richly illustrated with examples ranging from Native American masks to perfume advertisements.
This book combines the practical and technical aspects of visual culture. With a balanced approach, it is written primarily for students in the social sciences who wish to use visual materials in the ...course of empirical, qualitative field research.
Photovoice for Social Justice helps readers in the health and social sciences learn the foundations and applications of this exciting qualitative method. Written for both students and researchers new ...to photovoice, this brief text takes readers from the process of conceptualizing and implementing a photovoice study to analyzing data, to finally presenting the results. The authors provide practical tools for projects such as sample consent forms, recruitment flyers, and photo-taking tips.
We live in a visual culture, and visual evidence is increasingly central to social research. In this collection an international range of experts explain how they have used visual methods in their ...own research, examine their advantages and limitations, and show how they have been used alongside other research techniques. Contributors explore the following ideas: * self and identity * visualizing domestic space * visualizing urban landscapes * visualizing social change. The collection showcases different methods in different contexts through the examination of a variety of topical issues. Methods covered include photo and video diaries, the use of images produced by respondents, the use of images as prompts in interviews and focus groups, documentary photography, photographic inventory and visual ethnography. The result is an exciting and original collection that will be indispensable for any student, academic or researcher interested in the use of visual methods.
Introduction Working With Visible Evidence: An Invitation and Some Practical Advice Part 1: Picturing the Self, Identity and Domesticated Space 1. My Visual Diary 2. Reflecting the Self 3. Mapping the Spatial in Shared Household Life: A Missed Opportunity? 4. Imaging the Intangible 5. Wednesday-Night Bowling: Reflections on Cultures of a Rural Working Class Part 2: Picturing the City, Sociality and Post-Industrial Change 6. Researching and Writing Everyday Accounts of the City: An Introduction to the Diary-Photo Diary-Interview Method 7. Listening with our Eyes: Portrait as Urban Encounter 8. Amsterdam and Chicago: Seeing the Macro-Characteristics of Gentrification 9. The Visual & the Verbal: The Interaction of Images and Discussion in Exploring Cultural Change 10. Telling the Story of Linda Lord Through Photographs Afterword
The second edition of this popular text confirms the book’s status as an important forerunner in the field of visual methods. Combining the theoretical, practical and technical the authors discuss ...changing technologies, the role of the internet and the impact of social media. Presenting an interdisciplinary guide to visual methods they explore both the creation and interpretation of visual images and their use within different methodological approaches. This clear, articulate book is full of practical tips on publishing and presenting the results of visual research and how to use film and photographic archives. This book will be an indispensable guide for anyone using or creating visual images in their research.
Written by one of the world′s leading authorities on image-based methods this is the first book to investigate, in depth, the use of photographs and photo images in research. Using real world case ...studies and over 40 images it explains the conceptual and methodological approaches needed to study photographs and images.
Rather than providing a step-by-step guide to the use of visual methods, the authors draw on their experience of visual research to provide critical accounts of its use in the field, its potential ...for unlocking otherwise unseen places, spaces and social action, and as a basis for the generation of conceptual and theoretical insight.
