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The visual image as discussion point

Increasing validity in boundary crossing research

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ID12697264
AuthorsLinda Liebenberg (0000-0001-5309-6745, Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Canada, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume9
Issue4
Pages441-467
Publication date2009-08-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7941 • E-ISSN: 1741-3109
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1468794109337877
OpenAlexW2029413296
LanguageEN
Citations received76
References cited79

This article is based on a larger study exploring the use of visual methods as a communication tool in research where the researcher is often a ‘border crosser’ (Giroux, 1992). To illustrate the value of this methodology, particularly in instances where power imbalances are heightened in the research context, a case study was conducted with five teenage mothers from a sub-economic community outside Cape Town, South Africa. This article will explore how use of visual methods contributes to increased validity of data. Specifically, this discussion will consider how the use of images as a communication tool, increase participant control over the research process, and incorporates participant self-representation via a period of self-exploration, improving contextual accuracy and relevance of data

Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology · Geography · Participant observation · Point (geometry · Political science · Process (computing · Qualitative research · Relevance (law · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Visual arts · Visual research · Applied Psychology · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Psychology

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