Soaita, A. M. and McKee, K. (2021) Researching home’s tangible and intangible materialities by photo-elicitation. Housing, Theory and Society, 38(3), pp. 279-299. (doi: 10.1080/14036096.2020.1738543)
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Abstract
Drawing on participant-generated photo-elicitation in telephone interviews conducted with private tenants in Britain, we contribute to a new strand of home literature that engages with the vibrant materiality of things. In particular, the paper reflects on how our innovative methodological approach empowered participants to introduce their own points of view through ‘thick’ descriptions, revealed previously undocumented home practices and enabled researchers’ reflexivity and the co-production of knowledge with participants located miles away. The method powerfully captures home’s tangible and intangible materialities and their importance to wellbeing in ways that words-alone interviews cannot. We conclude by introducing the metaphor of ‘the fold’ and the allegory of ‘the invisible tether’ to reflect on the methodological benefits and substantive findings enabled by our approach. We argue that housing studies can benefit from engaging photo-elicitation in questions spanning from the abstract to the concrete, and from the inside to the outside of the home.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Soaita, Dr Adriana Mihaela |
| Authors: | Soaita, A. M., and McKee, K. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Urban Studies |
| Journal Name: | Housing, Theory and Society |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1403-6096 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1651-2278 |
| Published Online: | 10 March 2020 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2020 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Housing, Theory and Society 38(3): 279-299 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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