Lecture 24- Photo Elicitation

Question 1

What is photo elicitation?

Answer 1

• When photos are used as interview prompts (don’t solely just stick to talking)
• Can help individuals feel more comfortable in talking/ get them to provide information they wouldn’t otherwise: reveal aspects of their identity

Question 2

What are the three main approaches to photo-elicitation?

Answer 2

1. Researcher led= showing pre-selected pictures
2. Participant led= asking participants to take photos tell them the topic though
3. Participatory = tell them broad idea but not specifics, participants have a lot of power

Question 3

What common saying aligns with the idea of photo elicitation?

Answer 3

“A picture is worth a thousand words”

Question 4

What are the three primary uses of photos within research? How does this relate to ethics?

Answer 4

1. Limited to use in the interviews (only other participants see)
2. In academic publications
3. Publicly displayed

Participants give consent for a particular use depending on what they feel comfortable with.

Question 5

What is photo voice?

Answer 5

-Charity but also a research technique
-“build skills within disadvantaged and marginalised communities using
innovative participatory photography to achieve positive social change.”
-Using images empowers people cause they get to control how they are perceived for once

Question 6

Why is photo voice particularly useful from a cultural standpoint?

Answer 6

• Can overcome language barriers/ poverty

- Photo + videos capture aspects of experience that wouldn’t otherwise been have been expressed

Question 7

Why is who you are talking to a consideration for photo elicitation?

Answer 7

What you would say about a photo to a researcher is probably quite different to what you would say to a friend/ family member

Question 8

What type of presentation does photo elicitation involve?

Answer 8

Self- presentation

Question 9

Imagine what it would be like without a photo in a photo elicitation task? How would the outcomes be different?

Answer 9

• A lot harder to discuss

- Different themes come out

Question 10

What’s important if multiple visits are involved in photo elicitation?

Answer 10

Get feedback so can improve

Question 11

How would you go about analysis in photo elicitation studies?

Answer 11

• Photos usually used in combination with dialogue
• Therefore transcribe and then repeat read/ analyze so themes can emerge
• Discussion

Question 12

What is some critique of photo elicitation studies?

Answer 12

• Providing limited info about the challenges of recruiting participants for such a study
• Self-limiting: the participant can corner you into talking about a specific topic dependent on the photos they choose (if give them control)
• Sometimes ethic/ consent means can’t include actual photos in article which would provide additional information

Question 13

What two studies were discussed in this lecture?

Answer 13

• Jones et al (2013)
• Kahu and Picton (2020)

Read through the method for both of these studies

Question 14

Was the Kahu and Picton study research-led, participant-led or participatory?

Answer 14

Researcher- led as used pre selected stock images

Question 15

What is an advantage with using stock images/ how would you go about using them?

Answer 15

• Stock images they had to chose from and then discuss how it related to their experience
• Metaphors for their experience
• Not as many ethical issues with including them in findings and who can see them

Question 16

What do some journals do to avoid ethics issues with photo ellicitation?

Answer 16

• Don’t allow images with people

- Others edit the photos to conceal identity (block eyes: particular under 18)