Moving images: psychoanalytically informed visual methods in documenting the lives of women migrants and asylum seekers.
While feminist arts-based projects have gained legitimacy, theory guiding the use of visual images in field research has lagged. Drawing on psychoanalytic-feminist theory and participatory action research methods, the article presents a study carried out with women refugee and asylum seekers that focuses on their experiences in seeking a place of safety in the United Kingdom. The aim was to produce through photography and videography a collective account of asylum as a daily process. In discussing the study, the authors provide a psychoanalytic framework for working through ethical, political, and methodological dilemmas in the use of visual imagery in feminist research.
Portland State University, USA.
Janice K
JK
Haaken
Maggie
M
O'Neill
D000328:Adult; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000379:methods*; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism; D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000379:methods*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000523:psychology
asylum seekers; participatory action research; photovoice; psychoanalytic-feminist research; visual methods; women migrants