An introduction to visual research methods in tourism / edited by Tijana Rakić and Donna Chambers.
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TextSeries: Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility ; 9Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.Description: xii, 218 pages. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0415570050 (pbk.)
- 9780415570053 (pbk.)
- 338.4791072 RAK
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 338.4791072 RAK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100405787 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism is the first book to present, discuss and promote the use of a range of visual methods in tourism studies. It introduces methods ranging from the collection of secondary visual materials for the purposes of analysis (such as postcards, tourism brochures, and websites) and the creation of visuals in the context of primary research (such as photography, video and drawings), to the production of data through photo-elicitation techniques. The book promotes thoroughly underpinned interdisciplinary visual tourism research and includes an exploration of many key philosophical, methodological and inter-disciplinary approaches. Comprised of five parts: introduction; paradigms, academic disciplines and theory; methods; analysis and representation; and conclusion. This volume informs and inspires its readers through a reliance on theory, examples from tourism studies conducted in various geographical locations and through key pedagogical features such as annotated further readings, practical tips boxes and concise chapter summaries.
This book will be of interest to experienced visual tourism researchers, scholars wishing to incorporate visual methods in their studies of tourism for the very first time, as well as students on undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral programmes who are contemplating the incorporation of visual methods in their studies of tourism.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of illustrations (p. ix)
- Notes on contributors (p. xi)
- Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
- Part 1 Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 Introducing visual methods to tourism studies (p. 3)
- Part 2 Paradigms, academic disciplines and theory (p. 15)
- 2 Philosophies of the visual [method] in tourism research (p. 17)
- 3 The [in]discipline of visual tourism research (p. 33)
- Part 3 Methods (p. 51)
- 4 Collecting visual materials from secondary sources (p. 53)
- 5 Eliciting embodied knowledge and response: respondent-led photography and visual autoethnography (p. 70)
- 6 Photo-elicitation and the construction of tourist experiences: photographs as mediators in interviews (p. 92)
- 7 Video diary methodology and tourist experience research (p. 108)
- 8 The drawing methodology in tourism research (p. 126)
- Part 4 Analysis and representation (p. 151)
- 9 Readings of tourist photographs (p. 153)
- 10 Beyond content: thematic, discourse-centred qualitative methods for analysing visual data (p. 169)
- 11 Representing visual data in tourism studies publications (p. 187)
- Part 5 Conclusion (p. 201)
- 12 The future of visual research methods in tourism studies (p. 203)
- Index (p. 213)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Tijana Rakic holds a Ph.D. from Edinburgh Napier University, UK, where she is currently a Lecturer in Tourism and Events and Deputy Postgraduate Tourism Programmes Leader.Donna Chambers holds a Ph.D. in Tourism from Brunei University and currently lectures in tourism and is Programme Director for the MSc International Events Management at the University of Surrey, UK.