Looking emotionally: photography, racism and intimacy in research.
In this article I argue the need for a reflexive use of photographic images in research, mainly in the publication and dissemination phase and specifically when the topic investigated relates to issues of visibility, in this case racism and understandings of beauty. This analysis draws on my work on...
| Publicado en: | History of the Human Sciences Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 68 - 86 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Nov2008
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