Sometimes in qualitative research, researchers take pictures or have other images to analyse. Does anyone know of good references/articles that speak to the analysis of artifacts or images in qualitative research?
Art historians, archaeologists and cultural anthropologists (among others) have devised various means for analysing artifacts and images in their research. Perhaps you could say a little more about what kind of artifacts and images you have in mind?
If you are interested in historical contextualization, here are some suggestions:
Burke, Peter. 2003. 'Images as evidence in seventeenth-century Europe', Journal of the History of Ideas 64(2).
I've discussed it in this article:
Dransart, Penelope. 2013. '"Back room" pedagogies in university museums in Britain', The European Legacy 18(1): 42-58.
In reference to photographs, I found this article intriguing:
Lulka, David. 2014. 'Animals, daguerreotypes and movement: the despair of fading and the emergence of ontology', Journal of Material Culture 19(1): 35-58.
The potential reading for this topic is very large and it would be interesting to know more about your specific reasons for asking this question.
You might look at these:
Schroeder, J.E. (2006), “Critical Visual Analysis,” in Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Marketing, Russell Belk (ed), Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar, 303-321.
Warren, S., Bell, E. and Schroeder, J. (eds.) (2014), Routledge Companion to Visual Organization, London, Routledge.
Pink, S. (ed) (2012) Advances in Visual Methodology. London: Sage.
Ahir Gopaldas & Glenna DeRoy (2015): An intersectional approach to diversity
research, Consumption Markets & Culture, DOI: 10.1080/10253866.2015.1019872
Colleagues:
Thanks for the insight and references which I really appreciate. My reason for asking the question is that I had to respond to a student who was using pictures and videos in a qualitative master's thesis, and realise that I don't use this method of analysis much, so I was not familiar with it.
Many thanks,
Debra
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