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Understanding illness: using drawings as a research method.

Marilys Guillemin1

  • 1Centre for the Study of Health and Society, Department of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Qualitative Health Research
|February 11, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Drawings offer a unique visual research method for social scientists. This visual data collection tool helps explore how individuals understand their world, particularly illness experiences, by producing knowledge through the act of drawing.

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Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Qualitative Research Methods

Background:

  • Visual methodologies are increasingly utilized in social research.
  • These methods include film, photography, and digital media.
  • Drawings are explored as a specific visual research tool.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the utility of drawings as an adjunct research method.
  • To illustrate how drawings can explore understandings of illness.
  • To highlight drawings as a knowledge-producing visual output.

Main Methods:

  • Qualitative analysis of two case studies.
  • Utilizing drawings as a supplementary data collection tool.
  • Exploring participant-generated visual data.

Main Results:

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  • Drawings facilitate the exploration of how individuals conceptualize illness.
  • The process of drawing leads to the production of knowledge.
  • Visual outputs from drawings offer rich insights.

Conclusions:

  • Drawings serve as a valuable and insightful qualitative research method.
  • This visual method can be applied beyond illness studies to understand diverse worldviews.
  • Encourages broader adoption of visual tools in social research.