1st Edition

Photography in Psychological Research and Cultural Inquiry Capturing Social Representations

By Natalie Jancosek, Kristina Babak Copyright 2027
144 Pages 26 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

This wholly novel volume introduces the idea of photography as a tool in psychological research and practice, mapping the historical connections and intersections of these two fields in order to identify ways to enrich current methods of social psychological research. The book posits that the interplay between subject and viewer that is inherent within the medium of photography is of direct... Read more

1. Introduction: Photography and Psychology       

2. Exploring History of Photography and Psychology     

3. Photography as an element of Cultural Psychology    

4. Enriching Psychological Research Through the Inclusion of Photographs         

5. Photography as Methodology in Contemporary Research Projects          

6. Creating Possibilities of Psychological Dialogues Through Photography: Looking Beyond the Theoretical Application of Photography in Psychological Practice    

7. Assessing Future Possibilities for Further Exploration of Photographs as Dynamic Tools in Psychology       

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Biography

Natalie Jancosek is a clinical and health psychologist in private practice, school psychologist, senior research scholar at Fondazione Jaan Valsiner: University for the Future, and adjunct lecturer at Webster Vienna Private University and University of Sustainability Vienna.

 

Kristina Babak is a Vienna-based photographer and visual creative with a photography degree from Cambridge School of Art, currently studying Psychology at Sigmund Freud University Vienna.