Number of ECTS: 4 ECTS (Abstract of research paper submitted before the course. Students will also present their work and get feedback on it during the course) Lecturer(s): Brady Wagoner Caroline Demuth Sarah Awad Eric Jensen Location: Nordkraft, Aalborg University, Aalborg Course description: This four-day course introduces different perspectives and techniques in visual methods. It provides practical guidance for visual data collection, analysis and dissemination, which includes such techniques as working with various visual props, annotated drawings, photo-elicitation, using first- and third-person video, among others. There will also be focused discussions of and feedback on students’ research projects, in relation to visual methods. The course as a whole makes the general argument that visual material can be used both as a powerful complement to traditional verbal and textual data, as well as a site of investigation in its own right. Course schedule: Day 1. Introduction and photo-elicitation 10.00-10.45 Introduction and overview of visual methods-- Brady Wagoner and Sarah H. Awad 10.45-12.30 Visuals in science communication and evaluation research--Eric Jensen 12.30-13.30 Lunch 13:30-15:00 The social life of images, including photo elicitation techniques – Sarah H. Awad 15:00-15:30 Coffee break 15:00-17:00 Photo-elicitation techniques exercises — Sarah H. Awad and Brady Wagoner Day 2. Annotated drawings, including mental maps 9.30-12:30 Lecture and exercises with annotated drawing methods, using empirical examples from research on zoos, museums, mental maps of cities and creative work spaces—Eric Jensen 12:30-13:30 Lunch
Day 3. Using and analyzing third-person video 9.30-12:00 Lecture on multimodal analysis of video material--Carolin Demuth 12:00-13:00 Lunch
Day 4. Using and analyzing first-person video, with the subjective camera methodology 9.30-12:00 Lecture on subjective camera technology—Brady Wagoner 12:00-13:00 Lunch |
Teaching methods: A combination of lectures, panel discussions, group work, practical exercises and small group discussions.
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Description of paper requirements: Before the start of the course, participants must send a short (half to full page) description of their research project, including possible links to visual methods. Three months after the course, participants are expected to write a short paper on their research that can later be submitted for publication. Wagoner will provide feedback to students on their written work to help them get it published.
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Key literature: Day 1 Awad, S. H. & Wagoner, B. (2018). Image Politics of the Arab Uprisings. In Wagoner, B., Moghaddam, F. & Valsiner, J. (Eds). The Psychology of Radical Social Change: From Rage to Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [20 pp] Berger, J (1972). Ways of Seeing. Penguin: London [166 pp]. *Radley, A. (2010). What people do with pictures, Visual Studies, 25, 267-279 [22 pp] Reavey, P. (2021). Handbook of Visual methods in psychology. New York: Psychology Press (incl. ch. 1, 2, 4, 7, 22, 28, 32) [235 pp] *Rose, G. (2008) Visual Methodologies. London: Routledge (Chapter 1) [32 pp]
Day 2 Awad, S. H. & Wagoner, B. (2018). Image Politics of the Arab Uprisings. In Wagoner, B., Moghaddam, F. & Valsiner, J. (Eds). The Psychology of Radical Social Change: From Rage to Revolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [20 pp] Jensen, E. & Laurie, C. (2017). Doing Real Social Research. London: Sage (pages 296-301) [7 pp] Lonchuk, M. & Rosa, A. (2011). Voices of graphic art images. In Märtsin, M., Wagoner, B., Aveling, E. L., Kadianaki, I., & Whittaker, L. (Eds), Dialogicality in focus: Challenges to theory, method and application. Nova Science Publishers. [17 pp]
Day 3 Demuth, C. (2012). Video-based Discourse and Conversation Analysis in Cultural Developmental Psychology: Mother-Infant Interactions in Kikaikelaki, Cameroon and Muenster, Germany. In: Karin Schweizer, Tanja Schielein, Mechthild Kiegelmann, Tiberio Feliz, & Guenter Huber (Eds). Qualitative Psychology Nexus, Vol. IX: Beyond text: Video and other Medium Use in Qualitative Research. Center for Qualitative Psychology, pp. 31-52. Available at: http://psydok.sulb.uni-saarland.de/volltexte/2012/3417/ Paasch, B. S. & Raudaskoski, P. L. (2018). Multimodal Interaktionsanalyse. In: Davidsen, J. & Kjær, M (eds.). Videoanalyse af social interaktion. p. 151-184, Samfundslitteratur Raudaskoski, P. L. & Kjær, M. (2016). Interaktionsanalyse. In: Horsbøl, A. & Raudaskoski, P. (eds.). Diskurs og praksis: teori, metode og analyse. 1. ed, p. 111-134.. Samfundslitteratur (Metoder i samfundsvidenskab og humaniora; No. 1). Wiggins, Sally (2017). Discursive Psychology. Theory, Method and Applications. London: Sage Optional further readings: Davidsen, J. & Krummheuer, A. (2018). Transkription af videodata. In: Malene Kjær and Jacob Davidsen (Eds.). Videoanalyse af social interaction, pp. 97-112, Samfundslitteratur Demuth, C. (2018/2020) Videoanalysen. In: G. Mey & K. Mruck (Eds) Handbuch Qualitative Forschung in der Psychologie (2nd extended and revised edition), Heidelberg: Springer Reference Psychologie. https://meteor.springer.com/container/contribute.jsf?id=114469 Demuth, C. (2021). Managing Accountability of Children’s Bodily Conduct: Embodied Discursive Practices in Preschool. In: Sally Wiggins & Karin Osvaldsson Cromdal (eds). Discursive psychology and embodiment: Beyond subject-object binaries. Pp. 81-111, Palgrave Macmillan Goodwin, C. (2000) Action and embodiment within situated human interaction. Journal of Pragmatics, 32: 1489-1522 Paasch, B. S. & Raudaskoski, P. L. (2018). Multimodal Interaktionsanalyse. In: Davidsen, J. & Kjær, M (eds.). Videoanalyse af social interaktion. p. 151-184, Samfundslitteratur Raudaskoski, P. L. (2010) Observationsmetoder (herunder videoobservation). In S. Brinkmann & L. Tanggaard (eds.). Håndbog i de kvalitative metoder. København : Hans Reitzels Forlag: 81-96. Day 4 *Wagoner, B. & Brescó, I., Herbig, L. (2022). Studying the stream of experience at memorial sites: The subjective camera methodology. In M. Watzlawik & S. Salden (Eds.), Courageous Methods in Cultural Psychology: Beyond the symbolic nature of language. New York: Springer. [30 pp] Kusenbach, M. (2003). Street phenomenology. Ethnography, 4, 455-485. [30 pp] Lahlou, S. (2011). How can we capture the subject's perspective? An evidence-based approach for the social scientist. Social science information, 50(4), 607-655 [43 pp]
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