Visual Research Methods: Image, Society, and Representation addresses the growing question in social research of how to critically incorporate visual data and visual methodologies in ways that expand and enhance the researcher's repertoire for understanding and teaching about the social world. Editor Gregory C. Stanczak crisscrosses disciplines in ways that highlight the multiple manifestations of this newer interdisciplinary trend. Beyond methodological interests, the rich diversity of subject matter provides this volume's pedagogical punch. Key Features Provides a valuable framework for classroom use and comparative analysis: Organized around three themes in visual research-methodology, epistemological reflection, and theoretical contribution of images Addresses a wide range of topics: Original and reprinted works by leading qualitative researchers from various fields, including Sociology, Education, Political Science, Religion, History, and Gender Studies Offers a roadmap to common issues and topics: Reader's guide connects different chapters to different conceptual themes and methodological approaches Presents vivid visual data: Methodologies go beyond photography alone and include video and virtual research Intended Audience: This is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in social research across disciplines such as Sociology, Education, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, American Studies, Communications, Gender Studies, and Political Science.Vi
Gregory C. Stanczak is Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Williams College. He received his Ph.D. with distinction from the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California with concentrations in culture and religion. Stanczak's work over the past four years uses video methodologies, some of which has become short video reports for the Ford Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Stanczak edited the Visual Research Volume of American Behavioral Scientist and the author of a forthcoming manuscript through Rutgers University Press titled Engaged Spirituality. Currently, he is writing an essay on the use of photography for fundraising within global aid organizations.
Chapter 01: Introduction: Images, Methodologies, and Generating Social Knowledge - Gregory C. Stanczak Chapter 02: Observing Culture and Social Life: Documentary Photography, Fieldwork, and Social Research - Jon Wagner Chapter 03: All Photos Lie: Images as Data - Barry Goldstein Chapter 04: Capturing the Visual Traces of Historical Change: The Internet Mission Photography Archive - Jon Miller Chapter 05: Using Photography in Studies of Immigrant Communities: Reflecting across Projects and Populations - Steven J. Gold Chapter 06: Breaking the Ethnographer's Frames: Reflections on the Use of Photo-Elicitation in Understanding Sri Lankan Monastic Culture - Jeffrey Sammuels Chapter 07: Inner-City Children in Sharper Focus: Sociology of Childhood and Photo-elicitation Interviews - Marisol Clark-Ibanez Chapter 08: The Failure of "The President's Choice" - Erina Duganne Chapter 09: Signs of Resistance: Marking Public Space through a Renewed Cultural Activism - Emmanuel David Chapter 10: Filming 'The Closet': The Role of Video Diaries in Researching Sexualities - Ruth Holliday Chapter 11: The Symbolism of Video: Exploring Migrant Mothers' Experiences - Yolanda Hernandez-Albujar Chapter 12: Website Design: Merging Hypertext Aesthetics, Academic Narratives, and Visual Sociology - Stephen Papson, Robert Goldman, Noah Kersey
