Metodi visuali e ricerca geografia
Vigilanza epistemica e riflessività nella ricerca geografica visuale
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https://doi.org/10.15160/2282-5460/3011Keywords:
Visual Geography, Visual Methods, Epistemology, Reflexivity, MethodologyAbstract
This paper, with an epistemological focus, offers a critical reconstruction of the debate surrounding visual geographies, highlighting the main theoretical and methodological tensions that have accompanied the evolution of this subfield of study. Several issues that remain central to the debat – such as the scientific legitimacy of images and their use as tools for knowledge production – are re-examined through the lens of concepts drawn from visual sociology, with particular reference to Bourdieu’s (2022) notion of “epistemic vigilance”. Furthermore, the application of the “reflective research report” model, proposed by Altheide and Johnson (1994), is discussed as a methodological device capable of supporting the development of reflexive and situated research practices, attentive to the theoretical and methodological implications embedded in the use of images within the framework of visual geographies.References
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