Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Φαινομενολογία Οπτικής Πρόκλησης	Ανάλυση Αφηγήματος	Θεματική Ανάλυση
Πεδίο	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτικές Μέθοδοι	Ποιοτική Έρευνα
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1990s–2000s	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)	2006
Δημιουργός	Developed at the intersection of visual sociology (Douglas Harper) and phenomenological research traditions (Husserl, Giorgi)	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)	Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke
Τύπος	Qualitative research design	Qualitative interpretive method	Method
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Harper, D. (2002). Talking about pictures: A case for photo elicitation. Visual Studies, 17(1), 13–26.	Riessman, C.K. (2008). Narrative Methods for the Human Sciences. Sage.	Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77–101.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	photo-elicitation phenomenology, image-based phenomenology, visual phenomenological inquiry, VEP	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)	TA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis
Συναφείς	3	6	3
Σύνοψη	Visual elicitation phenomenology combines the philosophical depth of phenomenological inquiry with the evocative power of visual materials — photographs, drawings, maps, or participant-produced images — to access lived experience more richly than verbal interviews alone. Participants respond to images during in-depth interviews, unlocking memories, emotions, and meanings that words alone may not surface. The approach is used across health sciences, education, and social research when the phenomenon under study is embodied, spatial, or difficult to articulate verbally.	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.	Thematic Analysis (TA) is a qualitative research methodology for identifying, analyzing, and reporting patterns (themes) in qualitative data. Developed systematically by Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke (2006), TA is flexible and accessible, applicable across diverse theoretical frameworks and data types, making it one of the most widely used qualitative methods in psychology, health research, and social sciences.