Children Photographing Well‐being: Facilitating Participation in Research

Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic; Sixsmith, Jane

doi:10.1111/j.1099-0860.2005.00002.x

Cited by 72 publications

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“…Other visual methods may also facilitate empowerment, for example, children taking and discussing photographs on well-being rather than trying to talk about it without the visual element (Nic Gabhainn & Sixsmith, 2006). The authors suggested that using the cameras outside school removed 'adult surveillance' of the data collection process, thus potentially reducing its influence.…”

Section: Issues Of Powermentioning

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A Literature Review to Evaluate the Choice and Use of Visual Methods

Pain

2012

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Visual methods are accepted tools for qualitative research and are increasingly used in a wide range of disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, geography, and health care. A literature review was undertaken with the aims of understanding why visual methods are chosen for use in research, reviewing any evidence regarding outcomes arising from those choices, and reflecting on the role of visual methods in these outcomes. Searches conducted from 2000-2010 across multiple bibliographic databases yielded 109 research papers that cited reasons for their choice of visual method. These were reviewed using a method tailored to the review's purpose but also informed by a narrative synthesis approach. The reasons given were collated and analysed inductively, with two categories of reasons emerging: those principally related to enrichment of data collection or presentation and those concerning the relationship between participants and researchers. Support for these reasons is reviewed and the ethical implications regarding choice of method are discussed. This article concludes that support for the use of visual methods to enhance data richness is strong, but more research is needed to facilitate a better-informed choice of method. There is some support for using visual methods for purposes connected with relational aspects between researcher and participants, but the visual media's contribution derives mainly from the ability of images to facilitate and enrich communication thus enhancing the data. The enrichment of data and an approach to participants that is affirming and empowering are intricately connected in the attainment of relationship-focused outcomes.Keywords: visual methods, literature review, outcomes, effectiveness, photovoice, photoelicitation, research methods Author Note: My thanks to Emeritus Professor Jackie Powell, who not only introduced me to this topic but also supported and advised me through the process of distilling the literature. I am also indebted to Dr. Rose Wiles, National Centre for Research Methods, for her guidance and to the anonymous reviewers of this article, whose comments led me to further engagement and critical appraisal of the visual methods literature. International Journal of Qualitative Methods 2012, 11(4) 304Visual methods are accepted tools for qualitative research and are increasingly used in a wide range of disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, geography, and health care. This literature review was conducted with the aims of understanding why visual methods are chosen for use in research, reviewing evidence regarding outcomes arising from those choices, and reflecting on the role of visual methods in these outcomes. Research from several disciplines, such as health care, education, social work and community development, sociology, and anthropology, was included.For the purpose of this article a visual method indicates "the use of visual materials . . . employed by a social researcher during the course of an investigation" (Banks, 2001, p. ix) and includes al...

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Section: Issues Of Powermentioning

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A Literature Review to Evaluate the Choice and Use of Visual Methods

Pain

2012

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…The interest in the visual has transferred to childhood studies in various disciplines and there is a rapidly growing body of research which utilises visual images as a data collection tool with children (see for example Sharples et al 2003;Burke 2005;Nic Gabhainn and Sixsmith 2006;Kaplan 2008;Barron 2011b). The use of photography by children as a method of data collection enables data to be generated 'by' rather than 'of' children (Nic Gabhainn and Sixsmith 2006). This differentiation is important as the use of cameras by children is a move towards providing insight into the insider's view of the world, the emic perspective (Barron 2011a).…”

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'I had no credit to ring you back': Children’s strategies of negotiation and resistance to parental surveillance via mobile phones

Barron

2014

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The monitoring of children in time and space, from a distance via the mobile phones, is a phenomenon never experienced in previous generations. Indeed, as frequently recited, the increased protection of children by monitoring them is a central characteristic of modern childhood (Rasmussen, 2003; Qvortrup, 1993) and the effects of this are not yet know. Equally our understanding of how children in middle childhood (8 – 12 years) negotiate and or resist this monitoring is unclear. This paper seeks to add to the emerging body of knowledge on the strategies employed by children in middle childhood to negotiate and resist the monitoring and surveillance of their physical selves in time and space using mobile phones. I suggest that the mobile phone can be transformed by children into a highly efficient device to enable them to both negotiate and resist surveillance thus increasing their autonomy and independent mobility. Children are not passive recipients of parental surveillance and power, rather they are increasingly playing an active role in negotiation with parents and actively resist monitoring of their everyday lives to both make meaning anew and produce culture.

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“…Second, a photo walk was used during which the children took photos of their indoor and outdoor environments. The photos were used to stimulate recall in individual interviews with the children to let them express experiences of empowerment in their everyday life at preschool [35], i.e. a means to elicit the child"s perspective in the research.…”

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Children’s voices – Differentiating a child perspective from a child’s perspective

Nilsson

Björkman

Almqvist

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Developmental Neurorehabilitation

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Objective: The aim of this paper was to discuss differences between having a child perspective and taking the child´s perspective based on the problem being investigated Methods: Conceptual paper based on narrative review.Results: The child´s perspective in research concerning children that need additional support are important. The difference between having a child perspective and taking the child"s perspective in conjunction with the need to know children"s opinions has been discussed in the literature. From an ideological perspective the difference between the two perspectives seems self-evident, but the perspectives might be better seen as different ends on a continuum solely from an adult"s view of children to solely the perspective of children themselves.Depending on the research question, the design of the study may benefit from taking either perspective. In this article, we discuss the difference between the perspectives based on the problem being investigated, children"s capacity to express opinions, environmental adaptations and the degree of interpretation needed to understand children"s opinions.

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Children Photographing Well‐being: Facilitating Participation in Research

Cited by 72 publications

References 26 publications

A Literature Review to Evaluate the Choice and Use of Visual Methods

A Literature Review to Evaluate the Choice and Use of Visual Methods

'I had no credit to ring you back': Children’s strategies of negotiation and resistance to parental surveillance via mobile phones

Children’s voices – Differentiating a child perspective from a child’s perspective

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