Picturing the Social Landscape : Visual Methods and the Sociological Imagination

ISBN-13: 9780415306393 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 216 str.

Caroline Knowles; Paul Sweetman

Opis

In this collection international experts explain how they have used visual methods in their own research, examine their advantages and limitations, and show how they have been used alongside other research techniques.

Spis treści

Introduction Working With Visible Evidence: An Invitation and Some Practical Advice Part 1: Picturing the Self, Identity and Domesticated Space  1. My Visual Diary  2. Reflecting the Self  3. Mapping the Spatial in Shared Household Life: A Missed Opportunity?  4. Imaging the Intangible  5. Wednesday-Night Bowling: Reflections on Cultures of a Rural Working Class  Part 2: Picturing the City, Sociality and Post-Industrial Change  6. Researching and Writing Everyday Accounts of the City: An Introduction to the Diary-Photo Diary-Interview Method  7. Listening with our Eyes: Portrait as Urban Encounter  8. Amsterdam and Chicago: Seeing the Macro-Characteristics of Gentrification  9. The Visual & the Verbal: The Interaction of Images and Discussion in Exploring Cultural Change  10. Telling the Story of Linda Lord Through Photographs Afterword

O autorze

Caroline Knowles, Paul Sweetman