Theron / Mitchell / Smith Picturing Research

2011
ISBN: 978-94-6091-596-3
Verlag: Sense Publishers
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten, eBook

Picturing research: drawing as visual methodology offers a timely analysis of the use of drawings in qualitative research. Drawing can be a method in itself, as in the research area of Visual Studies, and also one that complements the use of photography, video, and other visual methodologies. This edited volume is divided into two sections. The first section provides critical commentary on the use of drawings in social science research, addressing such issues of methodology as the politics of working with children and drawing, ethical issues in working with both adults and children, and some of the interpretive considerations. The second section, in its presentation of nine research-based case-studies, illustrates the richness of drawings. Each case study explores participatory research involving drawings that encourages social change, or illustrates participant resilience. These case studies also highlight the various genres of drawings including cartoons and storyboarding. The book draws on community-based research from a wide variety of contexts, most in South Africa, although it also includes work from Rwanda and Lesotho. Given the high rates of HIV&AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, it should not be surprising that many of the chapters take up concerns such as the preparation of teachers and community health workers in the age of AIDS, and the experiences of orphans and vulnerable children. Moving further afield, this book also includes work done with immigrant populations in Canada, and with tribunals in Somalia and Australia. Picturing research is an important resource for novice and experienced researchers interested in employing qualitative methodology that encourages rich (yet low-tech) visible data and that offers a participatory, enabling experience for participants and their communities.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Theron, Linda

Mitchell, Claudia

Smith, Ann

Stuart, Jean

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Picturing Research: An Introduction; SECTION ONE: The Drawing’s the Thing: Critical Issues in the Use of Drawings in Social Science Research Chapter 2 Drawings as Research Method; Chapter 3 Picturing the Self: Drawing as a Method for Self-Study; Chapter 4 A Positive, African Ethical Approach to Collecting and Interpreting Drawings: Some onsiderations; Chapter 5 Visualising Justice: The Politics of Working with Children’s Drawings ; Chapter 6 The Visual Ethics of Using Children’s Drawings in the Documentary Unwanted Images; Chapter 7 Lost and Found in Translation: Participatory Analysis and Working with Collections of Drawings; SECTION TWO: Illustrations from Practice: Drawing from Research Chapter 8 Drawing on Strengths: Images of Ecological Contributions to Male Street Youth Resilience; Chapter 9 Teacher Sexuality Depicted: Exploring Women Teachers’ Positioning within Sexuality Education Classrooms through Drawing; Chapter 10 Drawing in and on Mathematics to Promote HIV&AIDS Preservice Teacher Education; Chapter 11 Reading Across and Back: Thoughts on Working with (Re-Visited) Drawing Collections; Chapter 12 How Teacher-Researcher Teams See Their Role in Participatory Research; Chapter 13 Learning Together: Teachers and Community Healthcare Workers Draw Each Other; Chapter 14 Drawing the Bigger Picture: Giving Voice to HIV-Positive Children; Chapter 15 With Pictures and Words I Can Show You: Cartoons Portray
Resilient Migrant Teenagers’ Journeys; Chapter 16 Before the Cameras Roll: Drawing Storyboards to Address Gendered Poverty; List of Contributors; Subject Index