Co-hosted by the
IMISCOE Standing Committee Methodological Approaches and Tools in Migration Research (Meth@Mig)
And
Date: Wednesday 1st April 2026 - 1.00 pm - 4.15 pm
Venue: CACSSS Seminar Room, O’Rahilly Building, University College Cork
(and online)
Visual methodology consists of an array of different practices such as collecting, producing, recording, performing and analysing images, drawings, art pieces, films and videos. In addition, several methodologies in migration research (such as walking methodologies) use the visual sense, the act of seeing, in ways that are often not recognised as visual methodologies. Recently AI-driven production of visual images based on textual prompts adds new complexity in the field of visual methods.
Across all these modalities, the challenge of analysing visual data including visual sense data is often under-considered. Visual data is interconnected with textual data, but it is separate from it. This event is focused on how methods that use visual and visual sense data are understood, reproduced and used by scholars who work in the field of migration studies. This event is focused on the importance and usefulness of building on current literature on the visual component of methods in migration. There is a dearth of discussion on how migration studies can benefit from new knowledge in relation to analysis of art works, pictures, films and theatre and methodologies which utilise visual data as a specific technique to investigate migration aspects. We add a further innovation of considering data gathered through the visual sense in methods such as walking methodologies and multi-site mobility. In analysis and writing, textual representations often take precedence, with visual data being relegated to a supporting role. This workshop considers the visual and visual sense data in its own right.
Programme
Event Organisers
Dr Mastoureh Fathi and Dr Angela Veale
Please contact
Mastoureh Fathi
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Online participation will be available, but the link will be sent to those who have pre-registered before the event.
Registration link: Visual Methods Event 1st April UCC registration form
