1st Edition

An Introduction to Visual Research Methods in Tourism

Edited By Tijana Rakić, Donna Chambers Copyright 2012
232 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

232 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Part 1: Introduction  Chapter 1. Introducing Visual Methods to Tourism Studies  Tijana Rakić and Donna Chambers  Part 2: Paradigms, Academic Disciplines, and Theory  Chapter 2. Philosophies of the Visual (Method) in Tourism Research Tijana Rakić  Chapter 3. The (in)discipline of Visual Tourism Research Donna Chambers  Part 3: Methods  Chapter 4. Collecting Visual Materials from Secondary Sources  Salla Jokela and Pauliina Raento  Chapter 5. Eliciting Embodied Knowledge and Response: Respondent-led Photography and Visual Autoethnography  Caroline Scarles  Chapter 6 Photo-elicitation and the Construction of Tourist Experiences: Photographs as Mediators in Interviews  Erika Andersson Cederholm  Chapter 7. Video Diary Methodology and Tourist Experience Research Naomi Pockok, Alison McIntosh and Anne Zahra  Chapter 8. The Drawing Methodology in Tourism Research William Canon Hunter  Part 4: Analysis and Representation  Chapter 9. Readings of Tourist Photographs Michael Haldrup and Jonas Larsen  Chapter 10. Beyond Content: Thematic-discourse-centred Qualitative Methods for Analysing Visual Data Joy Sather-Wagstaff  Chapter 11. Representing Visual Data in Tourism Studies Publications Richard Tresidder  Part 5: Conclusion  Chapter 12. The Future of Visual Research Methods in Tourism Studies  Donna Chambers and Tijana Rakić

Biography

Tijana Rakić 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. Tourism from Brunel University and currently lectures in tourism and is Programme Director for the MSc International Events Management at the University of Surrey, UK.