Art-based methodology and social research: making the frontiers of the visible porous

Authors

  • Daniela Leonardi University of Parma
  • Vincenza Pellegrino University of Parma

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-6562/18002

Keywords:

inequality, visual research, reflexivity

Abstract

This paper explores the links between social inequalities and the spatial dimensions in which they are reiterated. The visual research that we present has created new ways of reflecting for those involved in social work. What can social workers see and what remains invisible when observing the context of their work, and what impact can photography have upon this relationship? The research demonstrates how the experience of observing through visual means has helped social workers reframe and question the categories they assume in a more reflexive way. The collective exploration of social spaces, accompanied by an artist, has proven to be a valuable tool in rendering porous not only the methodological frontiers between social work, research and artistic practices, but also the positioning and categorisation that instruct these different fields of knowledge.

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Published

2022-07-06

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Leonardi, D., & Pellegrino, V. (2022). Art-based methodology and social research: making the frontiers of the visible porous. Tracce Urbane. Rivista Italiana Transdisciplinare Di Studi Urbani, 7(11). https://doi.org/10.13133/2532-6562/18002

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Vol. 7 No. 11 (2022): Frontiers of the visible. Reframing reality through visual representation

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Observatory

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