TY - JOUR
T1 - Participatory diagramming in social work research
T2 - Utilizing visual timelines to interpret the complexities of the lived multiracial experience
AU - Jackson, Kelly
N1 - Funding Information:
This research project was supported in part by the Mark Diamond Research Fund (MDRF). The MDRF offers grants to graduate students for research expenses related to their thesis or dissertation. An earlier version of this article was presented at the 2008 annual program meeting of the Council on Social Work Education in Philadelphia, PA. The author is deeply grateful to the multiracial men and women who participated in this study.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - The purpose of this article is to present an illustrative example of the analytic potential of image-based research in social work. Insight gained from a qualitative research study that used a novel form of participatory diagramming to examine the racial identity development of ten multiracial individuals is referenced and critiqued. Utilizing a critical visual methodological framework to analyze visual timelines, this article offers insight into the contextually rich and dynamic processes comprising the multiracial experience. This article concludes with an informative discussion of how visual methods support key social work values, including commitment to clients and understanding the person-in-environment, and how participatory diagramming in particular can enhance culturally sensitive and responsible research and practice with multiracial individuals.
AB - The purpose of this article is to present an illustrative example of the analytic potential of image-based research in social work. Insight gained from a qualitative research study that used a novel form of participatory diagramming to examine the racial identity development of ten multiracial individuals is referenced and critiqued. Utilizing a critical visual methodological framework to analyze visual timelines, this article offers insight into the contextually rich and dynamic processes comprising the multiracial experience. This article concludes with an informative discussion of how visual methods support key social work values, including commitment to clients and understanding the person-in-environment, and how participatory diagramming in particular can enhance culturally sensitive and responsible research and practice with multiracial individuals.
KW - Multiracial identity
KW - participatory diagramming
KW - visual social research
KW - visual timelines
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U2 - 10.1177/1473325011435258
DO - 10.1177/1473325011435258
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84880477350
SN - 1473-3250
VL - 12
SP - 414
EP - 432
JO - Qualitative Social Work
JF - Qualitative Social Work
IS - 4
ER -