Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Οπτική Επαγωγή Ψηφιακής Εθνογραφίας	Ερευνητική Δράση με Συμμετοχή (PAR)
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	2000s–2010s	1940s (Lewin); PAR as distinct tradition formalised ~1970s–1980s
Δημιουργός	Synthesized from Douglas Harper (photo elicitation, 2002) and Sarah Pink (visual ethnography, 2001/2007)	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations, 1940s); systematised for participatory contexts by Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, and William Foote Whyte
Τύπος	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Pink, S. (2007). Doing Visual Ethnography: Images, Media and Representation in Research (2nd ed.). Sage. ISBN: 978-1412929523	Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	VEDE, digital photo elicitation ethnography, visual digital ethnography, image-based digital ethnography	PAR, community-based participatory research, collaborative action research, participatory inquiry
Συναφείς	3	6
Σύνοψη	Visual elicitation digital ethnography is a qualitative research design that embeds visual elicitation techniques — using photographs, videos, or digital images as interview stimuli — within digital ethnographic fieldwork conducted in online or digitally mediated environments. Participants produce or select visual materials from their digital lives, which are then used to elicit in-depth talk about meanings, identities, and practices that verbal questioning alone often fails to surface.	Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a qualitative, community-centred methodology in which researchers and community members collaborate as co-investigators to identify a shared problem, take deliberate action, observe outcomes, and reflect critically on results — cycling iteratively until meaningful change is achieved. Unlike conventional research that studies people from the outside, PAR treats participants as active agents who co-own the research process, the knowledge produced, and the practical interventions that follow.