Methoden vergleichen

	Visual Elicitation Document Analysis	Narrative Analysis
Fachgebiet	Qualitativ	Qualitativ
Familie	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Entstehungsjahr	1980s–2000s (consolidated in social science by 2000s)	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Urheber	Developed from convergence of visual sociology (Harper, Banks) and document analysis traditions	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Typ	Qualitative analytic approach	Qualitative interpretive method
Wegweisende Quelle	Banks, M. (2007). Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761943402	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.
Aliasnamen	VEDA, visual document elicitation, photo-elicitation document analysis, image-assisted document analysis	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
Verwandt	4	6
Zusammenfassung	Visual elicitation document analysis is a qualitative method that uses visual materials — photographs, drawings, institutional images, maps, or archival visuals — embedded within or alongside documents to prompt deeper participant reflection and to enrich the interpretive reading of those documents. By treating visuals as primary analytic objects rather than mere illustrations, the approach bridges visual elicitation (provoking meaning-making through images) and systematic document analysis (examining records for evidence of social, institutional, or cultural processes).	Narrative analysis is a qualitative research method, synthesised canonically by Catherine Kohler Riessman (2008), that examines how individuals storise their lived experiences and construct meaning through the telling. Drawing on life history, biographical, and narrative inquiry traditions, it treats the story itself — not just its content — as the unit of analysis, attending to temporal sequence, plot structure, and the social context in which a narrative is produced.