Seminar series - Seeing is Believing
Dr Jon Prosser (School of Education, University of Leeds):
"The ethics of visual research methods"
Due to the relative newness of visually orientated research, there is limited agreement among ethics committees and visual researchers, on ethical guidelines and subsequent practices. It is clear that around the world funding bodies, universities, academic departments, regional and local authorities and researchers are only now beginning to consider establishing comprehensive and viable visual ethics policies. This is no easy matter, since image-based research is comprised of a range of visual media applied in a multitude of ways and does not form a homogeneous set of technologies, procedures or techniques. Moreover, the context of social science research is itself changing necessitating changes in ethical procedures. I would argue that the visual ethics vacuum should be filled, as a matter of urgency, with situated exemplars of good practice. The paper will consider some of the key concerns faced by visually orientated researchers.
Jon Prosser
Building Capacity in Visual Methods: http://www.education.leeds.ac.uk/research/visual-methods/