Visual Industry Perspectives on Ethics and the Visual

Abstract

This part of the book has explored the theme of ‘beyond ethics’ with the intention of moving the discussion beyond the formalities of the institutional ethical review procedures and to unpack some of the complexities of working with young people and visual methods in the research process, from research design, data-collection, analysis and data (re) presentation. Our thinking about ethics and the visual was built upon discussions we had within the Centre for the Study of Childhood and Youth Visual Research Group (University of Sheffield). We wanted to move the discussions beyond the tensions of using child imagery in the research process and critically engage with the complexities of working with children to create visual artefacts within the research process. As presented in this book, these include visual records of the children themselves or media they have created (drawings, photography, den-building, film).