Ethnographic Strategies for Engaging Deaf Youth Participants

Photovoice and Participatory Analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID19488232
AuthorsE Pfister Anne (University of South Florida, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume3
Issue3
Pages34-46
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudent Anthropologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2330-7625 • E-ISSN: 2330-7625
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.sda2.20130303.0003
OpenAlexW3131998246
LanguageEN
References cited23

Researchers across disciplines have looked to deaf individuals and communities to learn about many aspects of human experience, earning deaf people's unique biological and social status a subjugated position in scientific inquiry. All too often deaf people appear in the literature as research “subjects” rather than active, autonomous participants, or partner‐researchers. My research investigated deaf youth identity in Mexico City, Mexico, with a focus on the emic perspectives of my adolescent participants and their families. My focus deaf epistemologies led me to photovoice for data collection and analysis. This article outlines the engagement of deaf youth participants through the participatory visual data collection method photovoice, which allowed me to achieve the goals of a community‐based research design. This article explores the unique needs of deaf youth research participants and epistemological considerations for community‐based work among deaf youth in Mexico City. I discuss innovative ethnographic results revealing deaf youth's emic perspectives through participatory analysis

Citizen journalism · Community-based participatory research · Data collection · Emic and etic · Ethnography · Focus group · Participatory action research · Photovoice · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Visual research · Anthropology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology