手法を比較

	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	参加型アクションリサーチ（PAR）
分野	質的手法	質的手法
系統	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
提唱年	1990s–2000s (synthesis codified)	1940s (Lewin); PAR as distinct tradition formalised ~1970s–1980s
提唱者	Convergence of photo-elicitation (John Collier Jr., 1957) and life history traditions (Thomas & Znaniecki, 1918; Plummer, 1983)	Kurt Lewin (action research foundations, 1940s); systematised for participatory contexts by Orlando Fals Borda, Paulo Freire, and William Foote Whyte
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.	Kemmis, S., McTaggart, R., & Nixon, R. (2014). The Action Research Planner: Doing Critical Participatory Action Research. Springer.
別名	photo-elicitation life history, visual life history interview, image-based life history method, VELHR	PAR, community-based participatory research, collaborative action research, participatory inquiry
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.	Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a qualitative, community-centred methodology in which researchers and community members collaborate as co-investigators to identify a shared problem, take deliberate action, observe outcomes, and reflect critically on results — cycling iteratively until meaningful change is achieved. Unlike conventional research that studies people from the outside, PAR treats participants as active agents who co-own the research process, the knowledge produced, and the practical interventions that follow.