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	Grounded Theory Classica con Elicitazione Visiva	Grounded Theory Visuale (VE-GT)
Campo	Qualitativo	Qualitativo
Famiglia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Anno di origine	1967 (classic GT); visual elicitation integration from 1990s–2000s	1990s–2000s (formalized integration)
Ideatore	Barney Glaser & Anselm Strauss (classic GT, 1967); Douglas Harper (photo elicitation, 2002)	Synthesis of photo-elicitation (John Collier Jr., 1957) and grounded theory (Glaser & Strauss, 1967); integrated application developed across 1990s–2000s visual sociology
Tipo	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research design
Fonte seminale	Glaser, B. G., & Strauss, A. L. (1967). The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research. Aldine. ISBN: 978-0202302607	Clark, A. (2006). Anonymising research participants: Assumptions, ethics and practicalities. Social Research Update, 36, 1–4. (For broader context see also: Harper, D. (2002). Talking about pictures: A case for photo elicitation. Visual Studies, 17(1), 13–26.)
Alias	photo-elicitation CGT, image-based classic grounded theory, visual data classic GT, Glaserian grounded theory with visual elicitation	photo-elicitation grounded theory, visual GT, image-based grounded theory, VE-GT
Correlati	4	4
Sintesi	Visual elicitation classic grounded theory combines Glaser and Strauss's original discovery-oriented grounded theory with visual elicitation interviewing, in which photographs, drawings, or other images serve as prompts that stimulate participant talk. The approach retains classic GT's commitment to emergent, inductive theory building — following the data without imposing a priori conceptual frameworks — while using visual materials to deepen and enrich participants' verbal accounts of their experiences.	Visual Elicitation Grounded Theory (VE-GT) is a qualitative design that augments classical grounded theory with visual elicitation techniques — photographs, drawings, video stills, or participant-produced images — as the primary stimulus for data collection. Instead of relying solely on verbal prompts, the researcher uses images to help participants articulate meanings, memories, and social processes that are difficult to express in words alone. The resulting interview data are then analysed using the full grounded theory analytic cycle of open coding, axial coding, and theoretical sampling to generate a substantive theory.