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PublisherBristol University Press

ISBN-101447374169

ISBN-139781447374169

eBay Product ID (ePID)18070935108

Product Key Features

Number of Pages148 Pages

Publication NameEncountering the World with I-Docs : Interactive Documentary As a Research Method

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMethodology, Human Geography, Research

Publication Year2025

TypeTextbook

AuthorElla Harris

Subject AreaSocial Science

SeriesCreative Research Methods in Practice Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight10.9 Oz

Item Length8.7 in

Item Width5.7 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviews"A compelling and timely work that widens the scope for thinking about, recognising and deploying creative methods, while encouraging fresh perspectives on power dynamics and the means by which realities are constructed. Encountering the World with I-Docs is a deeply inspirational read. It is a practical toolbox for researchers and for those whose work involves joint visioning, decision-making and new world-making." Evelyn Wilson, National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange, "A compelling and timely work that widens the scope for thinking about, recognising and deploying creative methods, while encouraging fresh perspectives on power dynamics and the means by which realities are constructed. Encountering the World with I-Doc is a deeply inspirational read. It is a practical toolbox for researchers and for those whose work involves joint visioning, decision-making and new world-making." Evelyn Wilson, National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal070.18

Table Of Content1. Introducing I-Docs as Method 2. Temporal Architecture 3. Spatial Infrastructure 4. Aesthetics 5. Interactivity 6. Co-creation and Multi-perspectivity 7. Thinking with I-Docs Appendix: Interactive Documentaries Referenced

SynopsisEncountering the world with i-Docs argues for the values of interactive documentary as a social research method. Interactive documentaries, or i-docs, are web-based, nonlinear forms of multi-media documentary. There is a burgeoning commercial i-docs industry and rich scholarship on interactive and immersive media in media studies, yet i-docs remain relatively unknown in the social sciences. This is despite their exciting potentials for illuminating and communicating pressing social issues. T This book shows how i-doc making harnesses multi-perspectival, co-creative and nonlinear modes of attention to the social world and can illuminate social research topics including temporalities, power, and space, affect and structure of feeling, freedom, and epistemic injustice. It does so by discussing my own pioneering methodological work with i-doc and participatory i-doc making, locating this within other examples of commercial, activist and research i-docs. As well as promoting the making of digital i-doc platforms as a method, the book proposes that social researchers can 'think with i-docs' without necessarily producing one (which can be costly and require technical expertise). It provides a template for planning an i-doc and explores how the planning process alone can open new ways of understanding social research topics., Interactive documentaries, or i-docs, are web based, multimedia documentaries that immerse audiences through dynamic, interactive platforms. This book unlocks the value of i-docs as a creative research method, providing an engaging guide on how to use i-docs to examine and communicate research subjects. With examples, conceptual discussion, and practical advice, the book explores how i-docs can illuminate topics including temporalities, power and space, affect and feeling, freedom, and epistemic justice. The book addresses i-docs as a digital form but also shows that even just planning an i-doc on paper can open up new analytical perspectives. Key features of the book include: - An easy to use template for planning your own i-doc; - Advice on how researchers can 'think with i-docs' without even producing one; - Discussion of methodological work with i-docs including participatory i-doc making; Insights into a range of examples of commercial, activist and research i-docs from around the world. This book is a valuable resource for scholars, students, community researchers, creatives and activists who want to enlist and ignite the possibilities of i-docs.