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Visual Autobiographies, Cultural-Spatial Positioning, and Resources for Urban Living

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ID2642832
AuthorsCorinne Squire (0000-0003-0703-0782, UEL, corresponding author), Cigdem Esin (UEL), Chila Burman (UEL)
Year2013
Volume18
Issue3
Pages1-18
Publication date2013-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Research Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5153/sro.2975
OpenAlexW2094547931
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited39

This paper reports on a study of visual autobiographies produced in art workshops conducted in a variety of social contexts in East London with 19 research participants 11 women and girls, 8 men and boys - ranging from 10 to the 50s. From narrative analysis of the images, associated interviews, and field notes on the production and exhibition of the images, the paper argues that the study of cultural activity can allow us to identify cultural-spatial positionings related to, but also distinct from, socio-spatial positionings. Those cultural-spatial positionings indicate and in some cases produce cultural and symbolic resources that might not be discernable from other non-visual research data, that may differ importantly from participants' socioeconomic resources, and that could usefully receive more attention. The study also suggests that transnationalism is strongly tied to people's narratives of their cultural lives within global cities, is critically articulated, and can be under-recognised when it is rooted in family

Art · Exhibition · Narrative · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Visual arts · Children's Rights and Participation · Demography · Gender Studies · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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