Seeing Is Believing? : Approaches to Visual Research

by Pole

• ISBN13: 9780762310210
• ISBN10: 0762310219
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-12-30
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Summary

Recent years have seen an increase in the use of visual methods of research across the social sciences. As researchers realize the potential of the visual, not only as a source but also as a means of generating data, a range of techniques has been developed which seek data that are different from those offered by more conventional qualitative research methods. The contributions to this collection start from the premise either that visual research allows a view of the social world which is not available by other means, or that its use offers a means of augmenting other methods, such as discussion and interview. Rather than providing a step-by-step guide to the use of visual methods, the various authors draw on their experience of visual research to provide critical and reflexive 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.

Table of Contents

Visual Research: Potential and Overview	1	(8)
Christopher J. Pole
History Through the Lens: Every Picture Tells a Story	9	(14)
John Martin
Ruth Martin
Snap Happy: Toward a Sociology of ``Everyday'' Photography	23	(18)
Barbara Harrison
Recording the ``Habitus''	41	(20)
Tim Dant
Performance, Self-Representation and Narrative: Interviewing with Video	61	(18)
Sarah Pink
On Using Visual Data Across the Research Process: Sights and Insights from a Social Geography of People's Independent Learning in Times of Educational Change	79	(26)
Pat Allatt
Caroline Dixon
Images, Interviews and Interpretations: Making Connections in Visual Research	105	(18)
Alan Felstead
Nick Jewson
Sally Walters
Power, Inequality, Change and Uncertainty: Viewing the World Through the Development Prism	123	(24)
Matt Smith
John Donnelly
Using Visuals to Release Pupils' Voices: Emotional Pathways into Enhancing Thinking and Reflecting on Learning	147	(16)
Andrea Raggl
Michael Schratz
The Use of the Visual Medium for Program Evaluation	163	(20)
Rosalind Hurworth
About the Authors	183