Participant empowerment through photo-elicitation in ethnographic education research : new perspectives and approaches / Michael L. Boucher, Jr., editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boucher, Michael Lee, Jr., editor of compilation, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Visual communication--Research.

Visual communication.

Research.

Physical Description:

ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]

Summary:

This volume gives scholars and students a working knowledge of the procedures, challenges, and benefits of using photo methods in their ethnographic work through studies by researchers who are currently using it. The studies are both examples of exemplary scholarship and serve as tutorials on the procedures and methodological considerations of using this personal, even intimate, method. These eight authors were asked to re-open their carefully packed-away studies, disassemble the methods and the findings, and reflect on the contents. Like looking through old photo albums, these reflective essays allowed us to have new conversations with different audiences. Each chapter contains sections that penetratingly explain the research problem, describe why photo methods were used for the study, elucidate and reflect on the method, summarize the findings, and then examine participant empowerment through the method. This unique structure is specifically designed to be used in masters and doctoral classrooms and with researchers looking for new methods or to strengthen their existing work. The editors and authors believe that using photo-methods can empower participants to become part of the research process. Each author uses photo with the same goal; to create rigorous science that has meaning for the participants.

Contents:

Part I. Methodological, critical, and ethical considerations. Introduction: Photo methods, the image, and validity / Michael L. Boucher, Jr.

The ethics of visual research and participant empowerment / Kyle Miller.

Part II. 'Listening' to the silenced. Auto-driven photo-elicitation interviews with young deaf people / Dai O'Brien

Using photo-elicitation to break the silence / Kharon Grimmet

Photovoice as a tool for understanding sustainability in the Anthropocene / Deborah J. Tippins, Sophia (Sun Kyung) Jeong, Pruita P. Bilbao and Lourdes N. Morano.

Part III. 'Listening' to kids and teachers. Friends, the club, and the Housing Authority: how youth define their community through auto-driven photo elicitation / Denisha Jones

Do you see what I see? Family-produced photographs and the transition to school / Kyle Miller

Curb my cynicism: employing photo elicitation to address the problem of research on bullying / Gerald Walton

Mediating the space between: using photo-elicitation to prompt cultural consciousness-raising / Sarah A. Mathews

Interrogating whiteness: using photo-elicitation to empower teachers to talk about race / Michael L. Boucher, Jr.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3319644122

9783319644127

OCLC:

992783005