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Visual scribing – combining pictures, diagrams and text to synthesise ideas in real time – offers qualitative researchers a powerful tool for participant engagement, collective memory and trust building.
Drawing on real-world case studies, this groundbreaking textbook guides readers from first principles through to analysis and communication. The first of its kind to establish visual scribing as a rigorous participatory research method, it uniquely bridges academic inquiry and graphic design expertise.
The book features:
• Step-by-step guidance for integrating visual scribing into everyday notetaking practice;
• Case studies illustrating applications across diverse research contexts; and
• Analytical frameworks for rigorous, replicable interpretation of scribed illustrations.
An indispensable resource for qualitative researchers, social scientists, research methods educators, and graphic facilitators and scribes alike.
'This book makes a needed and clear case for the value of visual language, in service of inquiry and meaning-making'. Kelvy Bird, Visual Scriber
'This approachable and visually appealing book demystifies visual notetaking for data collection, reflection, and interpretation in research and co-creation practice'. Laura Lorenz, co-founder of Photovoice Worldwide.
Gabriela Alvarado is Associate Research Professor at the University of Wyoming Rural Health Institute. Her work focuses on maternal health and sexual and reproductive health using a reproductive justice framework.
Catalina Escallón Rosselli is a graphic designer, artist, and creativity facilitator who encourages people to incorporate creativity into their day-to-day lives.
Chapter 1. Why visual scribing
Chapter 2. Creative methods in qualitative research
Chapter 3. Getting started with scribing
Chapter 4. Case study #1: El Camino de Costa Rica
Chapter 5. Analyzing scribing products
Chapter 6. Case study #2: birth equity in California
Chapter 7. Mapping out the possibilities