What is it about?
This book is concerned with the process of applying visual methods as a tool of inquiry from design, to production, to analysis and dissemination. Drawing on research projects which reflect real world situations, you will be methodically guided through the research process in detail, enabling you to examine and understand the practices and value of visual, narrative and creative approaches as effective qualitative tools. Key topics include: techniques of data production, including collage, mapping, drawing and photographs; the practicalities of application; the positioning of the researcher; interpretation of visual data; images and narratives in public spaces; evaluative analysis of creative approaches.
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Why is it important?
Visual research methods are quickly becoming key topics of interest and are now widely recognised as having the potential to evoke emphatic understanding of the ways in which other people experience their worlds. Visual, Narrative and Creative Research Methods examines the practices and value of these visual approaches as a qualitative tool in the field of social science and related disciplines. Visual, Narrative and Creative Research Methods will be an invaluable companion for researchers, postgraduate students and other academics with an interest in visual and creative methods and qualitative research.
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Visual, Narrative and Creative Research Methods: Application, Reflection and Ethics examines the practices and value of visual approaches as a qualitative tool in the field of social science and related disciplines. The book is centred on the use of visual approaches but the use of narrative and creative in the title are symbolic of the commitment to embed the visual within wider frames, rather than isolating visual studies as somehow existing as a separate entity. The visual images that we study are often surrounded by the existing narrative of an accompanying print press story, the images that we produce form part of a wider narrative that directs their framing, and when we ask participants to create something visual, our understanding of these images is often predicated not just on the image itself but the accompanying elicitation interview. Book Review - "Mannay's text is an excellent reference to have on hand. It will also be useful in methods courses. While it most directly applies to visual methods, the discussions this book prompts will be useful regardless of the type of data collection or dissemination utilized or the field of inquiry." - Dr. Rita Shah, Visual Methodologies
Dr Dawn Mannay
Cardiff University
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This page is a summary of: Visual, Narrative and Creative Research Methods, October 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.4324/9781315775760.
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