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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.
List of contents
Visual Research: Potential and Overview. (C. Pole). History Through the Lens. Every Picture Tells a Story. (J. Martin, R. Martin). Snap Happy: Towards a Sociology of "Everyday" Photography. (B. Harrison). Recording the "Habitus". (T. Dant). Performance, Self-representation and Narrative: Interviewing with Video. (S. 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. (P. Allatt, C. Dixon). Images, Interviews and Interpretations: Making Connections in Visual Research. (A. Felstead, N. Jewson, S. Walters). Power, Inequality, Change and Uncertainty: Viewing the World Through the Development Prism. (M. Smith, J. Donnelly). Using Visuals to Release Pupil's Voices. Emotional Pathways into Enhancing Thinking and Reflecting on Learning. (A. Raggl, M. Schratz). The Use of the Visual Medium for Programme Evaluation. (R. Hurworth). Notes on Contributors. Author Index. Subject Index.
Summary
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.
