TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Digital Photography and Video in Participant Observation of Contentious Events
AU - Komarova, Milena
AU - McKnight, Martina
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In this article, we discuss our experiences of using photography and video while observing contentious parades and protests in Belfast. We show how our use of these methods drew us into a series of unplanned for non-verbal interactions with other event participants who were also freely and abundantly using photographic and filming equipment to capture their own images. This interactive use of photography and video affected us emotionally and influenced what we noticed and what we omitted in our observations. In particular, it forced us to reflect upon and question our role as researchers in the events we observed and in the changing balance of power between researchers and researched.
AB - In this article, we discuss our experiences of using photography and video while observing contentious parades and protests in Belfast. We show how our use of these methods drew us into a series of unplanned for non-verbal interactions with other event participants who were also freely and abundantly using photographic and filming equipment to capture their own images. This interactive use of photography and video affected us emotionally and influenced what we noticed and what we omitted in our observations. In particular, it forced us to reflect upon and question our role as researchers in the events we observed and in the changing balance of power between researchers and researched.
U2 - 10.4135/978144627305013500011
DO - 10.4135/978144627305013500011
M3 - Article
JO - Sage Research Methods Cases
JF - Sage Research Methods Cases
ER -