方法对比

	视觉引发传记研究	生命历程研究
领域	质性	质性
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	1990s–2000s (synthesis of older traditions)	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s
提出者	Douglas Harper (photo elicitation); Ken Plummer, Daniel Bertaux (biographical tradition); integrated by visual qualitative researchers in the 1990s–2000s	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)
类型	Qualitative research design	Qualitative research method
开创性文献	Harper, D. (2002). Talking about pictures: A case for photo elicitation. Visual Studies, 17(1), 13–26.	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496
别名	photo-elicitation biography, visual biographical method, image-based life history research, VEBR	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research
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摘要	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.	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.