Visual ethnography is a qualitative research approach that studies culture, everyday life, social practice, and meaning through visual materials and ethnographic fieldwork. It may use photographs, video, drawings, maps, objects, screenshots, field notes, interviews, participant-produced images, or researcher-created visual records. Rather than treating images as decoration, visual ethnography asks what visual materials reveal about how […]
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Photovoice is a participatory visual research method in which participants take photographs, discuss what the images mean, and use those discussions to communicate experiences, priorities, and possible changes. The method gives participants a role in deciding what should be photographed, what should be explained, and what should be shown to others. Projects using photovoice often
Photo elicitation is a qualitative research method that uses photographs to support interviews, group discussions, diary entries, or other forms of participant reflection. Instead of asking only verbal questions, the researcher introduces images so participants can describe memories, meanings, places, relationships, routines, or experiences connected to what they see. A photograph may be taken by
Visual methods in qualitative research use images, drawings, maps, photographs, videos, objects, diagrams, or other visual materials to collect and analyse qualitative data. The visual material may be created by participants, selected by participants, produced by the researcher, or found in existing records. A photograph can open a conversation that a direct question would not
