Dignity and Ethics in Research Photography

The aim of this paper is to provide new conceptual and practical insights about the issues associated with ethics and dignity when undertaking research involving the collection of photographic data. Case studies of photographs taken as part of a research project in Chennai, India, are employed to il...

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Main Authors: Langmann, Sten, Pick, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46403
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description The aim of this paper is to provide new conceptual and practical insights about the issues associated with ethics and dignity when undertaking research involving the collection of photographic data. Case studies of photographs taken as part of a research project in Chennai, India, are employed to illuminate the significance of dignity. The case studies reveal that dignity-in-context provides a useful conceptual tool that encapsulates the range of ethical issues that might be encountered. This concept has two dimensions. The first, dignity-in-outcome, assists deciding what and whether to photograph by drawing attention to the need for those being researched to benefit from the research, to present an authentic view of the situation and to ensure that participants are not demeaned or reduced. The second is dignity-in-process that helps researchers decide why and how to photograph in terms of involving those being researched in the way an image is captured, choosing the right angle for the image and the impression the image will give if and when it is published.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-464032019-02-19T04:27:23Z Dignity and Ethics in Research Photography Langmann, Sten Pick, David research ethics dignity photography The aim of this paper is to provide new conceptual and practical insights about the issues associated with ethics and dignity when undertaking research involving the collection of photographic data. Case studies of photographs taken as part of a research project in Chennai, India, are employed to illuminate the significance of dignity. The case studies reveal that dignity-in-context provides a useful conceptual tool that encapsulates the range of ethical issues that might be encountered. This concept has two dimensions. The first, dignity-in-outcome, assists deciding what and whether to photograph by drawing attention to the need for those being researched to benefit from the research, to present an authentic view of the situation and to ensure that participants are not demeaned or reduced. The second is dignity-in-process that helps researchers decide why and how to photograph in terms of involving those being researched in the way an image is captured, choosing the right angle for the image and the impression the image will give if and when it is published. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46403 10.1080/13645579.2013.825473 Routledge fulltext
spellingShingle research ethics
dignity
photography
Langmann, Sten
Pick, David
Dignity and Ethics in Research Photography
title Dignity and Ethics in Research Photography
title_full Dignity and Ethics in Research Photography
title_fullStr Dignity and Ethics in Research Photography
title_full_unstemmed Dignity and Ethics in Research Photography
title_short Dignity and Ethics in Research Photography
title_sort dignity and ethics in research photography
topic research ethics
dignity
photography
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46403