Timeline Drawing and the Online Scrapbook

Chen, Annie

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“…the first test interviews, the interviewer introduced the mapping grid at the start. The transcripts then evidenced that the explanation of the tool right at the start of the interaction somehow blocked the adolescents' narrations (for similar experience, see Chen, 2018). 7.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Positive effects of visual elicitation tools have also been reported for the study of embodiment and (ill)-health experiences: Drawing on their longitudinal research on women's experiences of fatness and weight loss, Sheridan, Chamberlain, and Dupuis (2011) conclude that creating multitextual timelines may "highlight turning points and epiphanies in people's lives" (p. 565). Building on this insight (Chen, 2018) found that drawing timelines helped fibromyalgia patients to see the intricate connection between their illness and life events. Tarr and Thomas (2011) employed body mapping (mapping pain zones on three-dimensional body scans) to explore both pain and injury experiences in dancers.…”

Section: Participatory Visual Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Drawing Careers: The Value of a Biographical Mapping Method in Qualitative Health Research

Schubring

Mayer

Thiel

2019

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Narrative interviews are the methodological gold standard for biographical research. To facilitate memory work in interviewees, qualitative researchers increasingly fuse interviewing with visual elicitation strategies. In this article, we advance the integration of methods by introducing a graphic elicitation strategy that allows interviewees to map biographical developments and critical health experiences, in addition to verbalizing them. The biographical mapping approach was originally developed for a research project on adolescents' health and illness experiences in elite sport but lends itself to qualitative biographical research in general. Using case material, we first demonstrate how the mapping process helps interviewees to recall past episodes and to produce more detailed biographical data. Second, we describe how the depth of focus in the biographical drawing and interview data allows researchers to identify biographical turning points and to analyze interactions between context, life events, and health in a unique way. By visualizing different strands of development, the elicited drawings also hold heuristic value, as they show the nonlinearity and multidimensionality of biographical developments.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Participatory Visual Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drawing Careers: The Value of a Biographical Mapping Method in Qualitative Health Research

Schubring

Mayer

Thiel

2019

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…However, rather than providing an image in our study, we asked our participants to associate an image, drawing or symbol with the events based on their relationship to it, its ability to summarize the event or simply because it was significant to them. Finally, we gave the participants their complete and original lifelines (Chen, 2018;Kolar et al, 2015).…”

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“…One of these aforementioned visual methods are lifelines, understood as visual representations of the events in the life of an individual, in chronological order, which may contain interpretations of said events (Gramling & Carr, 2004). This methodology has been used for a wide range of topics including studies of the different life trajectories of sexual and violent offenders (Desfachelles & Ouellet, 2018), the experiences of patients with fibromyalgia (Chen, 2018), crises in young English and Indian people (Duara et al, 2018), the influence of emotions on sexual behaviours and their risks (Goldenberg et al, 2016) and health inequality in vulnerable groups (Patterson et al, 2012) and in young people receiving treatments with opioids (Monico et al, 2020).…”

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Life Histories and Lifelines: A Methodological Symbiosis for the Study of Female Genital Mutilation

García

Solano-Ruiz

González

et al. 2021

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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The use of qualitative methodologies together with visual methods is being incorporated into different lines of research to offer an alternative form of expression that can provide richer and more meaningful data. The objective of this study was to analyse the use of life histories and lifelines in the study of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the context of cross-cultural research in participants with language differences. We explored the strengths and challenges of the combined use of both the lifelines and life stories of women who have been subjected to FGM. The lifeline tool was employed during the second interview with our participants, and the results of this work are explored here by examining the lifelines of three of the participants. The use of two techniques strengthened the researchers' knowledge of women’s lives and facilitated reflection and critical thinking by the study participants, generating richer and more in-depth data on the study problem. The difficulties that some women had in the communication process are diminished by the visual and chronological representation of the events in the lifelines. The visualization of their lifelines and the realization of this activity for which they did not feel capable due to their lack of education, empowered them, generating a great personal satisfaction. The results of this study confirm the usefulness of combining visual and narrative methods in groups where communication difficulties are an obstacle to the collection of information. Exploring new forms of expression and data collection can give voice to underrepresented groups in qualitative research.

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“…These images might be created by researcher or participants, or gathered from media or archives. While photographs are the most common medium used, visual elicitation can also use diagrams (Crilly et al, 2006), maps (Jung, 2014), timelines (Chen, 2018) and other techniques. Such approaches form part of a wider tradition of using creative methods, including three-dimensional media, such as Lego (Gauntlett & Holzwarth, 2006) or games-making (Whitton, 2018).…”

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Using participant-created comics as a research method

McNicol

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential of participant-created comics as a research method through a project to investigate the life stories of British–Bangladeshi women. Design/methodology/approach The author worked with a group of ten women through a series of workshops exploring their personal and community histories. Each of the women produced a digital comic that represented her story using text in any languages, photographs and drawings. Findings The experiences of the Graphic Lives project suggest there is considerable unexplored potential for the use of comics creation as a research method when working with community groups that may be considered “hard-to-reach”. A crucial difference between the comics created for the Graphic Lives project when compared to many other visual methods is that they do not seek or attempt to represent a verifiable truth. The project acknowledged and accepted the presence of fictional elements of autobiography and the difficulty in drawing boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. Indeed, this was seen as a strength of the stories as the use of imaginary elements offered participants a way to express emotional truths that they may otherwise have found difficult to convey. Research limitations/implications Whilst interviewing participants could be one way to analyse participant-created comics in certain circumstances, this should not simply be the default. In the Graphic Lives project, it was important to accept that participants had already voiced their story in a certain way – using words and images – during the creative process. The project needed to accept and respect their voices as they had chosen to present them and not expect the participants to transform this into something that was more aligned with what the researcher might want to hear. A limitation of this method is the time and resourcing required to undertake such a programme of in-depth work, in addition to the need for close collaboration with community partners. Practical implications The paper questions the appropriateness of research interviews when working with many “marginalised” groups. It suggests that alternative methods, such as the comics creation method described, may be a more effective way to engage “hard-to-reach” groups in research. Social implications This research has implications for the involvement of groups who, for a variety of reasons, are often excluded from research. It outlines a method that may be more socially acceptable than more established methods such as interviewing for some groups. Originality/value To date, exploration of the potential of comics as method of participatory knowledge construction has been limited. In addition, the use of comics to engage communities in research, especially adult groups who may be more reluctant to participate via traditional research methods, has received relatively little attention. This paper addresses these issues through a discussion of the use of comics creation as the research method adopted in a project working with a group of British–Bangladeshi women in the UK.

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Timeline Drawing and the Online Scrapbook

Cited by 24 publications

References 47 publications

Drawing Careers: The Value of a Biographical Mapping Method in Qualitative Health Research

Drawing Careers: The Value of a Biographical Mapping Method in Qualitative Health Research

Life Histories and Lifelines: A Methodological Symbiosis for the Study of Female Genital Mutilation

Using participant-created comics as a research method

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