방법 비교

	시각적 유발 생애사 연구	Life History Research
분야	질적 방법	질적 방법
계열	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
기원 연도	1990s–2000s (synthesis codified)	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
창시자	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)
유형	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
원전	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
별칭	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
관련	4	6
요약	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.