Photo-elicitation/Photovoice

Overall Purpose

To use photographs taken by participants or researchers to guide interviews and learn more about their experience.

Advantages

This method can be woven into project-based curriculum.

Offers a different way for participants to express themselves.

Challenges

Need equipment to take photos, such as phones or cameras.

Time intensive to conduct and analyze data.

CREE Considerations

Still and moving images provide identifiable data, even if people are shown from the back, so human subjects research protocols must be considered.