Migrant narratives of health and well-being

Challenging ‘othering’ processes through photo-elicitation interviews

Bibliographic Data

ID11432147
AuthorsIliana Ortega-Alcázar (0000-0002-1908-5687, Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author), Isabel Dyck (Queen Mary University of London)
Year2012
Volume32
Issue1
Pages106-125
Publication date2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0261-0183 • E-ISSN: 1461-703X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0261018311425981
OpenAlexW2319861896
LanguageEN
Citations received35
References cited30

This paper concerns the use of photo-elicitation interviews in constructing migrant narratives of health and well-being. It argues that photo-elicitation can be particularly effective in producing nuanced understandings about relationships among culture, place and health. It explores how, through this method, subject-centred understandings of health and well-being are able to challenge dominant discursive constructions that tend to ‘other’ and potentially stereotype minority groups in explanations of health behaviour. The paper includes discussion of issues of power and representation in research with marginalized populations, which further elaborates the value of photo-elicitation in developing a non-essentializing view of minority groups. The paper concludes with comment on the potential value of this method in the formulation of health and social policies aiming to incorporate the views and needs of marginalized or minority groups

Linguistics · Narrative · Photo elicitation · Political science · Power (physics · Representation (politics · Sociology · Stereotype (UML · Value (mathematics · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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