Abstract
This chapter aims to open a discussion on the intertwining between Institutional Ethnography and visual methods in sociology. It does so by analyzing and discussing a number of studies. IE considers visuals (photographs, paintings, sculptures, videos, etc.) like texts (laws, regulations, reports, translations, and so on), which are indispensable elements for exploring text-mediated relations of ruling (Smith in The conceptual practices of power: A feminist sociology of knowledge. Northeastern University Press, Boston, 1990). Contemporary societies are characterized by people's increasing use of visuals in their everyday practices that affect doing research and its dissemination. However, a limited number of IE studies explicitly discuss the utilization of visuals and visual research methods in IE research practices. This chapter illustrates how researchers have to date employed visual data, visual research methods, and visual dissemination methods in IE, what the other potential uses in the future are, and the aspects in regard to which the debate remains open.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Palgrave Handbook of Institutional Ethnography |
| Editors | Paul C. Luken, Suzanne Vaughan |
| Place of Publication | Cham Switzerland |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 121-140 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030542221 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030542214, 9783030542245 |
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| Publication status | Published - 16 Dec 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |