• Dutch

• General knowledge of the use of a PC and the Internet

• Acquire knowledge and insight into the varied methods and techniques of the visual study of society
• Develop visual research competencies through individual projects that involve the production, analysis and presentation of visual data by the students

Visual sociology and visual anthropology are grounded in the very idea that valid scientific insight in society can be obtained by observing, analyzing and theorizing its visual manifestations: behavior of people and material products of culture. But despite a heightened interest in using visuals in research, efforts towards a more unified conceptual and methodological framework for dealing vigilantly with the specifics of this (relatively) new way of scholarly thinking and doing remain sparse and limited in scope. In this course, I propose a more encompassing and refined analytical framework for visual methods. This ‘Integrated Framework’ tries to account for the great variety within each of the currently discerned types or methods. It does so by moving beyond the more or less arbitrary and often very hybridly defined modes and techniques, with a clear focus on what connects or transcends them. This more analytical and integrated stance may help to pave the way to a better methodological grounding of visual practices in sociology and broader acceptance within the mainstream social sciences. The second part of the course discusses a number of critical issues that have been raised while unfolding the framework. Issues that continue to pose a challenge to a more visual social science, but that can be turned into opportunities for advancement when dealt with appropriately.

The course includes student projects in which they will investigate an aspect of society through the production and processing of photographic images according to one or several of the covered modes and techniques (‘systematic registration’, ‘photo-elicitation’, ‘respondent-generated imagery’ or the ‘visual essay’).

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• Pauwels, L.   (2007) ‘Het Virtuele en het Visuele: Methodologische Uitdagingen en Aanzetten voor de Sociaal-culturele Analyse van Hybride Online Omgevingen’ blz. 103-126  in: Pauwels, L. (ed.) (2007) Methodisch Kijken: Aspecten van Onderzoek naar Film- en Beeldcultuur , Leuven / Voorburg: Acco.
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