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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| 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 |