An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism

by Rakic; Tijana

• ISBN13: 9780415570053
• ISBN10: 0415570050
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2011-09-20
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism , is the first book to present, discuss and promote the use of a range of visual methods, including still images (such as photographs, postcards, drawings) and moving images (such as video) within the context of tourism research. The book focuses on key issues important for students, researchers and academics actively doing visual tourism research or those who are contemplating using these methods. These range from the questions surrounding philosophical approaches, (inter)disciplinary location, range and choice of methods, implementation and data analysis techniques to provide an essential guide to using visual methods in tourism research. While recognising that visual methods are predominantly employed within qualitative research, this text will discuss various philosophical approaches and academic disciplines indicating how these influence a particular choice of visual method, mode of implementation and type of analysis. In this regard this book will incorporate perspectives from a range of disciplines including anthropology, geography and sociology, demonstrating how these might be applied within the context of studies in tourism. The discussions surrounding these key issues are supplemented with international case studies from existing research to show how these methods are used in practice. In addition to this practical tip boxes are included to help avoid some of the pitfalls associated with visual research.This book is an essential guide for Tourism students, academics and researchers embarking on research using visual methodology in this field. 

Author Biography

Tijana Rakic holds a Ph.D. from Edinburgh Napier University, UK, where she is currently a Lecturer in Tourism and Events and Deputy Postgraduate Tourism Programmes Leader. Donna Chambers holds a Ph.D. in Tourism from Brunei University and currently lectures in tourism and is Programme Director for the MSc International Events Management at the University of Surrey, UK.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. ix
Notes on contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Introducing visual methods to tourism studies	p. 3
Paradigms, academic disciplines and theory	p. 15
Philosophies of the visual [method] in tourism research	p. 17
The [in]discipline of visual tourism research	p. 33
Methods	p. 51
Collecting visual materials from secondary sources	p. 53
Eliciting embodied knowledge and response: respondent-led photography and visual autoethnography	p. 70
Photo-elicitation and the construction of tourist experiences: photographs as mediators in interviews	p. 92
Video diary methodology and tourist experience research	p. 108
The drawing methodology in tourism research	p. 126
Analysis and representation	p. 151
Readings of tourist photographs	p. 153
Beyond content: thematic, discourse-centred qualitative methods for analysing visual data	p. 169
Representing visual data in tourism studies publications	p. 187
Conclusion	p. 201
The future of visual research methods in tourism studies	p. 203
Index	p. 213
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