Visual Research Methods in the Social Sciences

Spencer, Stephen J.

doi:10.4324/9780203883860

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“…The visual, as both artefacts of, and ways into, understanding socially constructed practices, has thus become a popular vehicle for social science researchers. It communicates richly and deeply the subjective human experience (Spencer, 2011). The visual does not just capture snapshots of society, then, but is in itself continuously socially constructed, deconstructed and imbued with power relations, necessitating a reflexive position on the part of the researcher (Rose, 2003).…”

Section: Applying the Visual To Business And Society Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging Fringe Stakeholders in Business and Society Research: Applying Visual Participatory Research Methods

McCarthy

Muthuri

2016

Business & Society

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Business and society (B&S) researchers, as well as practitioners, have been critiqued for ignoring those with less voice and power (e.g. women, non-literate or indigenous peoples) often referred to as 'fringe stakeholders'. Existing methods used in B&S research often fail to address issues of meaningful participation, voice and power, especially in developing countries. In this article we stress the utility of visual participatory research (VPR) methods in B&S research to fill this gap. Through a case study on engaging Ghanaian cocoa farmers on gender inequality issues we explore how VPR methods may be used by researchers to achieve more inclusive, and thus more credible, stakeholder research that can improve decision-making within businesses.Furthermore, we argue that ingrained social and environmental problems tackled by B&S research and the unique context in which they occur may open up new opportunities to develop participatory visual methods for social change.

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Section: Applying the Visual To Business And Society Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Engaging Fringe Stakeholders in Business and Society Research: Applying Visual Participatory Research Methods

McCarthy

Muthuri

2016

Business & Society

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“…For the end-of-project event, we set ourselves a task of fi nding ways to include people most affected by the anti-immigration campaigns. The conference placed 'beyondtext' methods ( Spencer, 2011 ;Beebeejaum et al, 2014 ) -such as fi lm-and performance-based provocations -alongside text-laden presentations, and it privileged participant dialogue over 'talking heads'. For us, the conference was as much about creating spaces for engagement and creative exploration as it was about problematising established forms of dissemination that can silence voices and knowledge outside the confi nes of academia.…”

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Go home?: The politics of immigration controversies

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Gunaratnam²,

Bhattacharyya³

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“…While this approach potentially offers data that is a rich, authentic representation of the social, cultural and embodied context of work practice and experience (Spencer, 2011), of particular concern is the extent to which the presence of a researcher might affect interactions and behavior (i.e. participant 'reactivity'), and how researchers' pre-existing understandings might influence the framing and selection of visual data (Banks, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%