1 Iconic mental spaces in Social Media. A methodological approach to analysing visual biographies

Breckner, Roswitha

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“…These are complemented with ethnographic field notes from the interviewers. The data analysis includes Image Cluster Analysis (Müller, 2020), Visual Segment Analysis (Breckner, 2010, 2021), and Biographical Case Reconstruction (Rosenthal, 2004). All cases are globally analysed, starting with image analyses, which is subsequently followed by analyses of the narratives.…”

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“…All cases are globally analysed, starting with image analyses, which is subsequently followed by analyses of the narratives. For the cases chosen for an in-depth-analysis, extensive analyses of their communication on Facebook and Instagram with a focus on images are undertaken and then compared with analyses of the related narrative biographical and media interviews as well as the participant observations (Breckner, 2021).…”

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“…Last not least, by the respective devices of the different platforms, snapshots are set into temporal, spatial, social and thematic relations with each other, which are comprehensible for others. Also transitional situations and ritual passages are addressed, sometimes combined with normative border crossings, which now partly take place in the semi-public sphere of the Internet (Astheimer, 2011; Breckner, 2021). Consequently, digital photographs in social media are still connected in many ways to the lives of those who take them, view them, share them, keep them, put them together and thus create meaning beyond the individual photo (Autenrieth, 2011; Gómez Cruz and Lehmuskallio, 2016; Jurgenson, 2019; Keightley and Pickering, 2014; Müller, 2020; Van House, 2011).…”

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Social media as a means of visual biographical performance and biographical work

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With the rise of social media, forms of communication emerge that are increasingly defined by the use of images. From the perspective of biographical research and visual sociology, the article addresses the question in how far biographical work becomes visible while visual biographies are formed in digitalized visual communication. It proposes a way how these processes can be studied with interpretive biographical and visual methodologies. Based on empirical material from Austria, we show how biographical performances in social media differ, in form and content, from conventional verbal-narratives, and how they simultaneously relate to each other. We present a case study that shows in depth how images on Facebook and Instagram become biographically relevant and what kind of biographical work takes place there. The methodological procedure consists of an innovative triangulation that combines visual analyses, biographical-narrative interviews and media interviews. The aim of this article is to give insights into the biographical significance and biographical work of visual biographies in social media, and to propose by triangulation of different data analysis a way of exploring the intertwining of narrative and visual biographies.

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“…Studies have been published that theoretically and methodologically address the question of combining methods and develop corresponding research designs that bring various practical methods together. These include using written self-presentations, such as diaries (Völter, 2003); linkage with discourse analysis procedures (Alber, 2016; Pohn-Lauggas, 2017; Schiebel, 2011; Spies, 2009); incorporating ethnographic material (Becker and Rosenthal, 2022; Delcroix and Pape, 2010; Pape, 2020; Schäfer, 2021; Wundrak, 2010); group discussions (Bogner and Rosenthal, 2020), and visual dimensions (Breckner, 2021; Pohn-Lauggas, 2016; Schiebel and Robel, 2011; Witte, 2010). The search for an appropriate combination of methods occupies a central place in the article by Roswitha Breckner and Elisabeth Mayer.…”

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Introduction: Reconstructive biographical research

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Reconstructive biographical research is a diverse and differentiated sociological field. In this introduction, we trace its interdisciplinary and transnational historical development, consider the most important theoretical influences, and characterize central research areas. In this way, we show that reconstructive biographical research is a distinct sociological approach to social analysis. It offers a reflexive access to understanding, classifying, and explaining social processes and social challenges through the analysis of experienced and/or narrated life stories.

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“… 16. I am deeply indebted to Roswitha Breckner for conversations about how and why photographs ‘grab’ the viewer as well as the kinds of stories they tell. See Breckner (2021). …”

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‘Look at me!’ Post-mastectomy transformative politics

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2022

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Breast cancer received little attention until the 1990s when women began to criticize the lack of public awareness as well as research funding. Breast cancer activism emerged across the globe, ranging from feminist grass-roots movements, to initiatives by health organizations to corporate activities, the most famous being Pink Ribbon. Feminists have been critical of Pink Ribbon, decrying what they call the ‘pink-washing’ of breast cancer through consumerism and the insistence that breast cancer survivors should ‘look good in order to feel good’. In this article, I explore activism that makes breast cancer visible without silencing its traumas. This activism takes the form of artistic projects – fashion, art, photography, and other forms of aesthetic expression. Drawing upon the work of the queer theorist Dina Georgis, I ultimately turn to the SCAR Project as example of a ‘better story’ about living with the post-mastectomy body and show how it can inspire a transformative feminist politics of the body.

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1 Iconic mental spaces in Social Media. A methodological approach to analysing visual biographies

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