Ethics and Visual Research Methods Theory, Methodology, and Practice [Hardcover]

This collection presents stories from the field that were gathered from researchers using a breadth of visual methods. Visual methods refer to the use of still or moving images either as forms of data, to explore research topics and explorations of artistic practice. In addition to well-established visual methods, such as photo-voice and photo-elicitation, the possibilities for visual methods are flourishing through the proliferation of visual culture and developments in digital technologies. Methodological and ethical issues are emerging as visual methods are adapted and applied to answer new kinds of research questions, and in varied settings and populations. Authors offer practical and thoughtful discussions of emerging methodological and ethical dilemmas they encountered in innovative projects that used visual methods either in combination with other methods or as a stand-alone method. The discussions will be of interest to those seeking to understand the value, and potential ethical risks, of visual methodologies for social research.INTRODUCTION.- Chapter 1 Ethical issues in visual research and the need for stories from the field - Deborah Warr, Jenny Waycott, Marilys Guillemin and Susan Cox.- PART 1  INTERSECTIONS: METHODS AND ETHICS.- Chapter 2 Different lenses: navigating ethics in cross-cultural research using Photovoice - Cathy Vaughan.- Chapter 3 Fuzzy boundaries in a project using mental mapping methods to explore the experiences of immigrant women in South Korea - Hyunjoo Jung.- Chapter 4 Methodological and ethical concerns associated with digital ethnography in domestic environments: participant burden and burdensome technologies - Bjorn Nansen, Rowan Wilken, Jenny Kennedy, Michael Arnold and Martin Gibbs.- Chapter 5 The ethics of researching images found online - Anna Harris.- Chapter 6 Cultivating reflexive research practice when using participants photographs as research data - Carly Guest.- Chapter 7 The impact of photographs on the reslã'