Photo Elicitation: Conversations through Images: A guide to understanding and applying the methodology

This is a set of materials designed to introduce the photo-elicitation methodology and support self-directed learning of this qualitative visual approach. Photo elicitation uses photographs as prompts to encourage conversation, evoke experiences, and explore perceptions, memories, and meanings linked to specific situations. It is particularly useful for understanding how people interpret their experiences and contexts, broadening possibilities for expression beyond exclusively verbal responses, and generating dialogue through images produced or selected for research.

The box can be used autonomously and flexibly. The materials may be followed sequentially, from the introduction to the methodology through to the analysis of its applications, or consulted independently according to the interests or needs of the person using them.

The resources available in this repository are designed to form a physical self-learning box. To prepare it, the materials should be printed and organised according to the list and instructions provided in the initial image.

The box includes a methodology guide, its implementation phases and critical points, visual examples of the phases, three complete cases developed in educational and community contexts, and an intersectional reading guide. Scientific references, links, and QR codes provide opportunities to explore the content further and access the original studies.