Confronta i metodi

	Ricerca biografica con elicitazione visiva	Analisi Narrativa
Campo	Qualitativo	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1990s–2000s (synthesis of older traditions)	1967 (foundational); 2008 (canonical handbook)
Ideatore	Douglas Harper (photo elicitation); Ken Plummer, Daniel Bertaux (biographical tradition); integrated by visual qualitative researchers in the 1990s–2000s	Catherine Kohler Riessman (seminal synthesis, 2008); roots in Labov & Waletzky (1967)
Tipo	Qualitative research design	Qualitative interpretive method
Fonte seminale	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.
Alias	photo-elicitation biography, visual biographical method, image-based life history research, VEBR	narrative inquiry, life history analysis, biographical research, Anlatı Analizi (Narrative Analysis)
Correlati	4	6
Sintesi	Visual elicitation biographical research combines the life-history interview tradition with image-based elicitation techniques. Participants bring or choose photographs, drawings, personal objects, or other visual artefacts that represent moments and meanings in their lives. These visuals serve as prompts in extended biographical interviews, releasing richer, more emotionally grounded narratives than verbal questioning alone typically achieves. The method is used in education, health, migration studies, and other fields where lived experience over time is central.	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.