Kerry Freedman is a professor and coordinator of Doctoral Programs in Art and Design Education at Northern Illinois University, USA. She is the author and editor of several books and many articles, and has won numerous awards for her work.

Richard Siegesmund is a professor of art and design education at Northern Illinois University, USA. He is the co-author (with Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor) of Arts-Based Research in Education: Foundations for Practice, second edition (Routledge, 2018).

Résumé
Visual Methods of Inquiry: Images as Research presents qualitative researchers in the social sciences with the benefits, applications, and forms of visual research methods. It includes a wide variety of images to illustrate the many uses of visual methods for social research.

Contenu

Visual Research Methods Across the Disciplines 2. Visual Perception and Conceptions of Visual Research 3. Visual Qualities and the Functions of Images in Research 4. Visuality in Social Science Research 5. Description of Visual Methods: The Research Image Framework 6. Making Judgements: Analyzing the Visual as Evidence 7. Ethics of Practice for Visual Research Methods