Unanticipated voices? Reflections from our ongoing ‘adventures’ with participant-authored photography, interviewing and interpretative phenomenology

Using participant-authored photography to inform and complement the collection of interview data is increasingly popular in Psychology but reflective accounts of issues faced by researchers and participants remain scarce. We therefore present a critical commentary on some of the unexpected outcomes...

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Main Authors: Iain R. Williamson, Kerry Quincey, Benjamin J. Lond, Periklis Papaloukas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Methods in Psychology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590260121000199
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Summary:Using participant-authored photography to inform and complement the collection of interview data is increasingly popular in Psychology but reflective accounts of issues faced by researchers and participants remain scarce. We therefore present a critical commentary on some of the unexpected outcomes that have emerged during recent studies on health and disability which have employed this approach. Under the theme of ‘unanticipated voices’ we discuss some of the challenges we have experienced around data gathering, interpretation, presentation and dissemination. We consider methodological, theoretical and ethical challenges for this paradigm and some of the challenges involved in publishing this type of work.
ISSN:2590-2601