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Film, focus groups and working children in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2163135 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Bissell (Society for Women's Health Research, corresponding author), L Manderson (0000-0002-7883-1790, Society for Women's Health Research), Pascale Allotey (0000-0002-6942-5774, Society for Women's Health Research) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-183 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08949468.2000.9966796 |
| OpenAlex | W2079351543 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
The use of visuals in anthropological research is an established though much debated practice, both as a research tool and as a means of reporting. Pile sorts, mapping, thematic drawing, photographs, visual scales and pictorial triad testing are all visual methods that have been used in participatory and conventional ethnographic research to encourage discussion among study participants and to clarify detail. Our experience in the use of visual tools in a study conducted in 1997–98, among former child garment workers in Bangladesh, reinforces the value of the use of visuals in research. A documentary film was used in focus groups with children, most aged 10–13. The results suggest that film is a powerfully evocative tool and, combined with focus groups, is an excellent qualitative research technique. The research experience in Bangladesh also suggests that children are able to participate meaningfully in the research not in spite of but because of the use of documentary film
Art · Citizen journalism · Documentary film · Ethnography · Focus (optics · Focus group · Media studies · Participatory action research · Photo elicitation · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Visual anthropology · Visual arts · Visual methods · Visual research · Anthropology · Children's Rights and Participation · Computer Science · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2021 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |