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Different Ways of Seeing: Exploring audience reactions to images of probation supervision
journal contribution
posted on 2019-04-25, 14:21 authored by Deirdre Healy, Wendy FitzgibbonParticipatory visual research methods like Photovoice have become increasingly popular in
social science research over the past two decades. While the benefits for co-researchers are
well-established, audience studies remain relatively scarce. This represents an important
gap in knowledge, especially since advocacy for social change is regarded as a core goal of
Photovoice research. The authors aim to contribute to the nascent audiencing literature by
exploring the responses from an audience of criminal justice stakeholders to an exhibition of
photographs produced by people under probation supervision in Dublin, Ireland. The
discussion begins with a critical reflection on the researchers’ experience of curating a
Photovoice exhibition. Next, audience responses to the images are explored, including the
extent to which intended messages reached the target audience and encouraged them to
reflect more deeply on the meaning of supervision. Finally, the implications for audiencing
studies are considered, particularly the challenge of managing inter-subjectivities in the data
analysis process.
History
Citation
Qualitative Social Work, 2019Author affiliation
/Organisation/COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES/Department of CriminologyVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)