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Comparative Visual analysis

Comparative Visual Analysis is a qualitative research design that systematically examines and compares visual materials — photographs, videos, artworks, advertisements, or digital images — across two or more cases, groups, time points, or contexts. By applying a consistent analytical framework to multiple visual corpora, the approach reveals similarities, differences, and patterns that would remain invisible when studying a single set of images alone.

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Comparative Visual Analysis
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / qualitative
  • Rose, G. (2016). Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials (4th ed.). Sage. · ISBN 978-1473942028
  • Collier, J., & Collier, M. (1986). Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method. University of New Mexico Press. · ISBN 978-0826308993
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