Visual Elicitation Oral History
Visual elicitation oral history is a qualitative method that uses photographs, objects, maps, or other visual materials as prompts during oral history interviews. By placing a tangible visual anchor before the narrator, the researcher unlocks richer, more detailed memories and personal meanings than spoken questions alone typically produce. The approach merges John Collier Jr.'s photo-elicitation technique with oral history's commitment to capturing first-person lived experience across time.
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- Collier, J. (1957). Photography in anthropology: A report on two experiments. American Anthropologist, 59(5), 843–859. · DOI 10.1525/aa.1957.59.5.02a00100
- Banks, M. (2007). Using Visual Data in Qualitative Research. Sage. · ISBN 978-0761948858
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