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Bolton, Angela, Pole, Christopher J. and Mizen, Phil. (2001) Picture this: researching child workers. Sociology, Vol.35 (No.2). pp. 501-518. ISSN 0038-0385

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0038038501000244

Abstract

Visual methods such as photography are under-used in the active process of sociological research. As rare as visual methods are, it is even rarer for the resultant images to be made by rather than of research participants. Primarily, the paper explores the challenges and contradictions of using photography within a multi-method approach. We consider processes for analysing visual data, different ways of utilising visual methods in sociological research, and the use of primary and secondary data, or, simple illustration versus active visual exploration of the social. The question of triangulation of visual data against text and testimony versus a stand-alone approach is explored in depth.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

H Social Sciences > HM Sociology

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Child labor -- Great Britain, Children -- Pictorial works, Children -- Social conditions, Research -- Methodology, Visual sociology -- Great Britain, Visual communication -- Great Britain

Journal or Publication Title:

Sociology

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

ISSN:

0038-0385

Official Date:

May 2001

Dates:

Date	Event
May 2001	Published

Volume:

Vol.35

Number:

No.2

Page Range:

pp. 501-518

Identification Number:

10.1017/S0038038501000244

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Access rights to Published version:

Open Access

Funder:

Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)

Grant number:

L129251035 (ESRC)

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