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	ビジュアル・エリカテーションによるライフヒストリー研究	ライフヒストリー・リサーチ
分野	質的手法	質的手法
系統	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
提唱年	1990s–2000s (synthesis codified)	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
提唱者	Convergence of photo-elicitation (John Collier Jr., 1957) and life history traditions (Thomas & Znaniecki, 1918; Plummer, 1983)	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
種類	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
原典	Clark, C. D. (1999). The autodriven interview: A photographic viewfinder into children's experience. Visual Sociology, 14(1), 39–50.	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
別名	photo-elicitation life history, visual life history interview, image-based life history method, VELHR	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
関連	4	6
概要	Visual elicitation life history research is a qualitative method that combines the biographical depth of life history interviewing with the evocative power of photographs, personal objects, or other visual materials. Participants select or bring images that are meaningful to their life story; these visuals then serve as prompts during in-depth interviews, unlocking memories and meanings that words alone might not surface. The result is a richly layered biographical narrative grounded in concrete, participant-chosen artefacts.	Life history research is a qualitative method that captures the full arc of an individual's life — or a significant portion of it — through extended biographical interviewing and analysis of personal documents. Rooted in early Chicago School sociology, the method treats each life story as a window into broader social, cultural, and historical forces. The researcher and participant co-construct a narrative account that illuminates how personal experience is shaped by, and in turn shapes, wider social structures and processes.