Using Visual Methods to Uncover Context

Keller, Colleen; Fleury, Julie; Pérez, Adriana; Ainsworth, Barbara E.; Vaughan, Linda A.

doi:10.1177/1049732307313615

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“…Pupils were asked to explain their reasons for taking each photograph, and as it is common for children with ASD to have issues concerning their memory (The National Autistic Society, 2013), the photographs provided a stimulating prompt for exploration (Jipson & Paley, 1997). The personal significance of the images acted as 'can-openers' (Collier & Collier, 1986) to capture and understand unique contextual social and cultural realities (Keller, Fleury, Perez, Ainsworth, & Vaughan, 2008;Pink, 2011). However, it is acknowledged that interpretation of the photographs requires a certain amount of inference (Grady, 2008).…”

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Capturing the world of physical education through the eyes of children with autism spectrum disorders

Lamb

Firbank

Aldous

2014

Sport, Education and Society

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The potential benefits of physical education (PE) are universal for all pupils. However, facilitating such benefits in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) requires careful planning. This paper reports on a small-scale case study at one school in eastern England, exploring physical education through the eyes of children (n = 5), aged 12-16, with autistic spectrum disorders. Photo-elicitation was adopted as the research tool to accord authority to the voices of the pupils, empowering them to share their feelings towards the subject by capturing significant aspects of physical education. The photographs provided prompts for greater exploration during unstructured interviews. Using the concepts of Bourdieu's reflexive sociology, the paper draws attention to how pupil's embodied dispositions interacted with what may be illustrated as the delimited spaces of the physical education field-physical education changing rooms, physical education corridors, the physical education teacher's office and physical education activities in the development of positive and negative positions and practices. The teacher's office was regarded positively as were activities that provided opportunities for engagement with peers. Opportunities to be heroic, such as scoring a goal for their team or being given an official role were important factors as was the opportunity to engage in some team sports. However, pupils' interaction with the changing rooms and physical education corridors were viewed with trepidation, worry and fear. The paper concludes by highlighting that both positive and negative interactions with the spaces of physical education develop forms of social and symbolic capital shaping the physical education experiences for pupils with ASD. Anticipating barriers presented within these integral fields of physical education space can help in preparing a rich and inclusive experience for pupils with ASD. Teachers may be better informed in providing strategies to facilitate communication and social interaction whilst allowing all pupils to engage positively with physical education.

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Capturing the world of physical education through the eyes of children with autism spectrum disorders

Lamb

Firbank

Aldous

2014

Sport, Education and Society

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“…The aim of forming the groups was to help clients in their process of assigning meaning to their illness and experience of suffering. Comparable therapeutic interventions have been used elsewhere (Fleming, Mahoney, Carlson, & Engebretson, 2009;Frith & Harcourt, 2007;Hagedorn, 1996;Keller, Fleury, Perez, Ainsworth, & Vaughan, 2008;Wang & Burris, 1997;Weiser, 1993). Participants were invited to endow meaning to pictures made with a disposable camera.…”

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“…Hermeneutics approaches meanings as intersubjective understandings (Hagedorn, 1996). Recently, many more examples of hermeneutic photography can be found (Frith & Harcourt, 2007;Keller et al, 2008;Radley & Taylor, 2003). The integration of these two narrative approaches helped to unravel various layers of meanings in the photo stories.…”

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Facades of Suffering: Clients' Photo Stories About Mental Illness

Sitvast

Abma²,

Widdershoven³

2010

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

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In this article, photo stories are examined that were the result of working with photography as a therapeutic instrument dealing with suffering in mental health care settings. The purpose is to describe the role of facades in the process of suffering and acceptance. Clients took photographs, talked about them in group meetings, and exhibited them to a broader audience. Their photo stories were analyzed using a mixed-methods model. Data from two narrative approaches (semiotics and hermeneutics) were compared with information from other informants and official records to find discrepancies between the photo story and the real life context. Although facades are usually perceived as an obstacle for personal growth, the visual narratives revealed that facades can function as an alternative to common acceptance strategies, such as facing one's losses and reconciliation. Facades can create a distance between the person and the suffering. We conclude that visual narratives can reveal and foster agency in clients.

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“…[16][17][18] In recent years, these methods have been increasingly used in public health research. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Studies employing these methods often utilize smaller sample sizes (e.g., studies using seven or eight participants) 19,23,24 and emphasize the importance of in-depth understandings of how particular contexts impact health. Participatory visual methods augment traditional research methods by encouraging active participant involvement and facilitating participants' control of data, which enhances the validity of findings through participant engagement in the research process.…”

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Neighborhood Contexts Experienced by Young Mexican-American Women: Enhancing Our Understanding of Risk for Early Childbearing

Richardson

Nuru-Jeter

2011

J Urban Health

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Young Mexican-American women are disproportionately affected by teen pregnancy and early childbearing. While many of the studies that have investigated this population's high risk for early childbearing have focused predominantly on micro-level factors, a growing body of research has demonstrated the importance of neighborhoodlevel factors in shaping risk for this outcome. In order to elucidate the role of neighborhood context with regards to early childbearing among adolescent Mexican-American women, it is important to understand what these young women consider to be their neighborhood context and how they experience these contexts. This study utilized a mixed-methods design incorporating participatory photography, photo-elicitation, and focus groups in order to gain a more nuanced understanding of how neighborhood context is conceptualized and experienced by Mexican-American young women, and how these experiences may influence risk for early childbearing. Major findings include: (1) participants view the blocks on which they live as their neighborhood, but their exposure to neighborhood context extends beyond these blocks and includes the transient spaces they move through daily; and (2) within their neighborhood contexts, participants are influenced by experiences of discrimination and the presence of gangs and violence. These findings point to the importance of neighborhood-level factors in the lives of adolescent Mexican-American women, and may be used to inform future studies looking at the role of neighborhood context in shaping risk for early childbearing among this population.

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Using Visual Methods to Uncover Context

Cited by 66 publications

References 56 publications

Capturing the world of physical education through the eyes of children with autism spectrum disorders

Capturing the world of physical education through the eyes of children with autism spectrum disorders

Facades of Suffering: Clients' Photo Stories About Mental Illness

Neighborhood Contexts Experienced by Young Mexican-American Women: Enhancing Our Understanding of Risk for Early Childbearing

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