Visual methods in social research / Marcus Banks & David Zeitlyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banks, Marcus, author.

Zeitlyn, David, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visual sociology.

Visual anthropology.

Photography in the social sciences.

Social sciences--Research--Methodology.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Research--Electronic information resources.

Social sciences--Research.

Electronic information resources.

Physical Description:

xiii, 189 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, 2015.

Summary:

The second edition of this popular text confirms the book's status as an important forerunner in the field of visual methods. Combining the theoretical, practical and technical, the authors discuss changing technologies, the role of the internet and the impact of social media. Presenting an interdisciplinary guide to visual methods they explore both the creation and interpretation of visual images and their use within different methodological approaches. This clear, articulate book is full of practical tips on publishing and presenting the results of visual research and how to use film and photographic archives. This book will be an indispensable guide for anyone using or creating visual images in their research. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Reading Pictures 1

1.1 The trouble with pictures 1

1.2 An introductory example 2

1.3 Unnatural vision 7

1.4 Reading narratives 9

1.4.1 Formal readings 11

1.5 Planning a research project with visual methods 13

2 Encountering the Visual 17

2.1 On television 17

2.2 Visual forms produced I: representations of society 18

2.2.1 Interpreting Forest of Bliss 21

2.2.2 Still and moving images 24

2.3 Visual forms produced II: representations of knowledge 25

2.3.1 Visualization 26

2.3.2 Networks 29

2.3.3 Diagrams of Nuer lineages 33

2.4 Visual forms encountered 36

2.4.1 Encountering 'indigenous' media 36

2.4.2 The image as evidence 39

2.5 'Us'and'them'? 44

3 Material Vision 50

3.1 Object and representation 50

3.2 The materiality of visual forms 51

3.2.1 Displaying family photographs 54

3.3 Exchanged goods 57

3.3.1 Market exchange 58

3.4 Size matters 61

3.5 Transformations: digitization and computer-based media 63

3.5.1 Digital manipulation 64

3.5.2 Digital pornography: constraining the virtual 66

3.5.3 Digital pornography: exchange and circulation 68

4 Research Strategies 73

4.1 Silk thread to plastic bags 73

4.2 Researching image use and production in social contexts 78

4.3 Watching television 80

4.3.1 Soap opera in India and Egypt 82

4.3.2 Television as a social presence 85

4.4 Doing things with photographs and films 86

4.4.1 Photo-elicitation with archival images 86

4.4.2 Photo-elicitation with contemporary images 89

4.4.3 Learning from photo-elicitation 92

4.4.4 Film-elicitation 94

4.5 Working with archival material 97

4.5.1 Photographic archives and picture libraries 98

4.5.2 Film archives 100

5 Making Images 106

5.1 Observing 106

5.2 Creating images for research 107

5.3 Documentation 108

5.3.1 A ladder climbed then discarded 110

5.3.2 Documentary exploration 112

5.3.3 Documentary control 113

5.4 Collaborative projects 114

5.5 Indigenous media collaborations 117

5.5.1 Collaborative after-effects 121

5.6 Ethics and visual research 122

5.6.1 Ethical review 126

5.6.2 Permissions 127

5.7 Returning images 128

6 Presenting Research Results 133

6.1 Audiences 133

6.2 Presenting photographs 137

6.2.1 The photographic essay 139

6.3 Presenting ethnographic and other films 141

6.3.1 Study guides and other contextualization 142

6.4 Databases and digital images 145

6.4.1 Can computers see? 145

6.5 Multimedia projects 149

6.5.1 Interacting with the Yanomamo 152

6.6 Copyright 155

7 Perspectives on Visual Research 162

7.1 The state of visual research 163

7.2 The place of visual research 164

7.3 The nature of visual research 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1446269752

9781446269749

1446269744

9781446269756

OCLC:

910834374

Publisher Number:

99963528348