The Ground They Walk On: Photography and Narrative Inquiry
Location
Room 2077
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
January 2011
End Date
January 2011
Abstract
This paper presents a narrative project that explored photo-elicitation. The author photographed eight school principals during a two-year period and asked the principals to respond to the photographs by writing narratives below each. The author uses photography, reflections, and her own memories to construct descriptive narrative snapshots of the eight principals. Further, the author argues that this approach underscores how photographs are both technically and socially constructed and through the use of photoelicitation new ways of understanding self and others in relation can be explored.
The Ground They Walk On: Photography and Narrative Inquiry
Room 2077
This paper presents a narrative project that explored photo-elicitation. The author photographed eight school principals during a two-year period and asked the principals to respond to the photographs by writing narratives below each. The author uses photography, reflections, and her own memories to construct descriptive narrative snapshots of the eight principals. Further, the author argues that this approach underscores how photographs are both technically and socially constructed and through the use of photoelicitation new ways of understanding self and others in relation can be explored.
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