Journal article
Remembering and forgetting: using photographs as social artefacts in an aged care setting
Visual Studies, Vol.37(1-2), pp.128-139
2022
Abstract
Visual methodologies employed within qualitative research projects can add deep insight and reflexivity to interview or observational data and are an ideal means to facilitate storytelling, reminiscence and encourage socialisation. This paper draws upon research using photography as a dual-purpose data collection and data dissemination tool within a residential aged care environment and explores the role they can play in resident socialisation and wellbeing in institutionalised settings. Using multiple lens-based methods, the research examined how photographs can act as artefacts of homeless and the ways this can contribute to the construction of identity and well-being post-transition to care. By exploring how photographs demarcate spaces and invoke memory, the work addresses how photographs can assist with the transition from the resident’s home environment to the aged care space. Whilst the dominant method employed was Photo Elicitation, collaborative and socially engaged photographic practices were also employed using participatory methods to create new photographic memories, which were then displayed and discussed publicly. This paper will report on and illustrate the effectiveness of photographic methods within institutionalised spaces, the ways in which it can give agency to the residents and the role of the researcher in
visual research practices.
Details
- Title
- Remembering and forgetting: using photographs as social artefacts in an aged care setting
- Authors
- Tricia King (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
- Publication details
- Visual Studies, Vol.37(1-2), pp.128-139
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.1080/1472586X.2021.1963828
- ISSN
- 1472-5878
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99562908902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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