Comics as Research, Comics for Impact: The Case of Higher Fees, Higher Debts

Priego, Ernesto

doi:10.16995/cg.101

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“…Recent years have seen increasing interest in the use of comics and graphic novels as a means to interpret or present research (e.g. Dell'Angelo and DeGenova, 2018;Priego, 2016). However, to date, exploration of the potential of comics as method of participatory knowledge construction has been limited.…”

Section: Using Participant-created Comics As a Research Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using participant-created comics as a research method

McNicol

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of participant-created comics as a research method through a project to investigate the life stories of British–Bangladeshi women. Design/methodology/approach The author worked with a group of ten women through a series of workshops exploring their personal and community histories. Each of the women produced a digital comic that represented her story using text in any languages, photographs and drawings. Findings The experiences of the Graphic Lives project suggest there is considerable unexplored potential for the use of comics creation as a research method when working with community groups that may be considered “hard-to-reach”. A crucial difference between the comics created for the Graphic Lives project when compared to many other visual methods is that they do not seek or attempt to represent a verifiable truth. The project acknowledged and accepted the presence of fictional elements of autobiography and the difficulty in drawing boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. Indeed, this was seen as a strength of the stories as the use of imaginary elements offered participants a way to express emotional truths that they may otherwise have found difficult to convey. Research limitations/implications Whilst interviewing participants could be one way to analyse participant-created comics in certain circumstances, this should not simply be the default. In the Graphic Lives project, it was important to accept that participants had already voiced their story in a certain way – using words and images – during the creative process. The project needed to accept and respect their voices as they had chosen to present them and not expect the participants to transform this into something that was more aligned with what the researcher might want to hear. A limitation of this method is the time and resourcing required to undertake such a programme of in-depth work, in addition to the need for close collaboration with community partners. Practical implications The paper questions the appropriateness of research interviews when working with many “marginalised” groups. It suggests that alternative methods, such as the comics creation method described, may be a more effective way to engage “hard-to-reach” groups in research. Social implications This research has implications for the involvement of groups who, for a variety of reasons, are often excluded from research. It outlines a method that may be more socially acceptable than more established methods such as interviewing for some groups. Originality/value To date, exploration of the potential of comics as method of participatory knowledge construction has been limited. In addition, the use of comics to engage communities in research, especially adult groups who may be more reluctant to participate via traditional research methods, has received relatively little attention. This paper addresses these issues through a discussion of the use of comics creation as the research method adopted in a project working with a group of British–Bangladeshi women in the UK.

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Section: Using Participant-created Comics As a Research Methodsmentioning

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2019

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“…Including quantitative data in graphic medicine is a way of juxtaposing the clinical definition of what the artist (or narrator) is experiencing with the actual lived encounter with the illness or disability. Graphic medicine works often reclaim the human side of health experiences from the clinical lexicon upheld by healthcare systems (Charon 2006;Priego 2016;Czerwiec et al 2015). In particular, graphic pathographiesperson-centred illness narratives in the comics medium -bring out the participatory and humanising aspects involved in the process of making them.…”

Section: History Of Graphic Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In June 2017, the Graphic Social Science Research Network was established to provide a forum for scholars, artists, and publishers to more formally consider the practical and theoretical implications for the integration of graphics into social science. While some efforts have been made to adapt research articles and theses into the comics medium (Priego 2016), many affiliated with the network are interested in embedding data visualisations to more impactfully communicate research findings to stakeholders, through graphic, emotive narratives. Just as graphic medicine highlights the socially embedded and psychologically contextualized nature of illness, the work explored in this section uses personal experience to extrapolate larger claims about social and political realities, and the ways that these realities in turn shape everyday life.…”

Section: Graphic Social Sciencesmentioning

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Humanizing data through ‘data comics’ : An introduction to graphic medicine and graphic social science

Alamalhodaei¹,

Alberda

Feigenbaum

2020

Data Visualization in Society

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In recent years data visualization scholars and practitioners have drawn attention to the need for data to be humanized. In addition to making complex information more coherent, visualizations can work to incorporate empathy and help audiences connect to information. Addressing this call for humanizing data visualization, this chapter considers the emergent area of ‘data comics’, looking at how the new fields of graphic medicine and graphic social science deal with numeric data. We examine recent data comics from graphic medicine and graphic social science that exemplify the complexities and potential of presenting data in humanizing ways. Our discussion is framed around what we call the EMA framework, considering the Epistemic (knowledge and perspective), Methodological (ways of working), and Aesthetic (practices of representation).

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“…Including quantitative data in graphic medicine is a way of juxtaposing such data with a patient's lived encounter of an illness or disability. Graphic medicine works often reclaim the human side of health experiences from the clinical lexicon upheld by healthcare systems (Charon, 2006;Farthing & Priego, 2016a and b;Priego, 2016;Czerwiec et al, 2015). In particular, graphic pathographies-first person-centred illness narratives in the comics medium-bring out the humanizing aspects involved in the process of making them.…”

Section: History Of Graphic Medicinementioning

confidence: 99%

21. Humanizing data through ‘data comics’ : An introduction to graphic medicine and graphic social science

Alamalhodaei¹,

Feigenbaum²

2020

Data Visualization in Society

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In recent years data visualization scholars and practitioners have drawn attention to the need for data to be humanized. In addition to making complex information more coherent, visualizations can work to incorporate empathy and help audiences connect to information. Addressing this call for humanizing data visualization, this chapter considers the emergent area of 'data comics', looking at how the new fields of graphic medicine and graphic social science deal with numeric data. We examine recent data comics from graphic medicine and graphic social science that exemplify the complexities and potential of presenting data in humanizing ways. Our discussion is framed around what we call the EMA framework, considering the Epistemic (knowledge and perspective), Methodological (ways of working), and Aesthetic (practices of representation).

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Comics as Research, Comics for Impact: The Case of Higher Fees, Higher Debts

Cited by 16 publications

References 10 publications

Using participant-created comics as a research method

Using participant-created comics as a research method

Humanizing data through ‘data comics’ : An introduction to graphic medicine and graphic social science

21. Humanizing data through ‘data comics’ : An introduction to graphic medicine and graphic social science

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