“If I had a boarding pass…”: Using graphic elicitation in interviews with children
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https://doi.org/10.5944/empiria.36.2017.17859Keywords:
qualitative research with children, graphic elicitation, thematic drawing, vignette, interactive diagramAbstract
In the last two decades, many researchers have combined visual methods and traditional techniques –such as focus groups or interviews- in qualitative research with children. The aim of this article is to join this line of research by examining the use of graphic elicitation techniques in interviews with children. The article is divided into four sections. The first section reviews the current paradigm shift in research involving children in order to contextualize the existing debates on visual methods and research with children. The second section explores the use of visual methods and elicitation techniques in research with children, paying particular attention to graphic elicitation techniques. The third section details how some of these techniques (a thematic drawing, a diagram and a vignette) were incorporated into a recent study, which involved twelve children of migrant families. Finally, the fourth section, offers indepth findings and some reflections on the challenges and opportunities found in relation to the implementation of these methodological strategies. Among the findings, we can highlight that these techniques, if used in a reflexive and flexible way, can facilitate the access to ideas, experiences and memories, both from a rational and an emotional perspective. In addition, they can reinforce the relationship of trust between the researcher and the research participants due to their creative and ludic nature.
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