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Talking about pictures: A case for photo elicitation

Harper, Douglas·2002·Visual Studies
DOI 10.1080/14725860220137345
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This paper is a definition of photo elicitation and a history of its development in anthropology and sociology. The view of photo elicitation in these disciplines, where the greatest number of photo elicitation studies have taken place, organizes photo elicitation studies by topic and by form. The paper also presents practical considerations from a frequent photo elicitation researcher and concludes that photo elicitation enlarges the possibilities of conventional empirical research. In addition, the paper argues that photo elicitation also produces a different kind of information. Photo elicitation evokes information, feelings, and memories that are due to the photograph's particular form of representation.

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Authors
Harper, D.
Venue
Visual Studies
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2002-04
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
13-26
ISSN
  • 1472-586X (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-5878
DOI
10.1080/14725860220137345
OpenAlex
W2154058461
Cited by
3,966
References
0
FWCI
28.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
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