Dear colleagues,

As a co-organizer of the session /USING VISUAL METHODS IN UNSTRUCTURED DATA COLLECTION FOR HARD TO STUDY POPULATIONS/ at the 11th International Conference on Social Science Methodology (https://rc33.org/rc33_eleventh_international_conference_naples/%C2%A0), I would like to bring this session to your attention. Here’s the description:

/This session focusses on research that explores, develops, or tests visual methods applied in unstructured data collection efforts for hard to study populations. These are populations like low literate people, people with cognitive limitations, (mental) health challenges, or subgroups with physical restraints like in hearing or speaking, whose voices may be under- or misrepresented in research. They all have in common to be at greater risk of communicative, cognitive, and/or motivational restraints. As a result, these limitations may pose a threat to data quality and research findings may be hampered. / /In this session, we welcome theoretical and empirical contributions that address the use of visual methods in unstructured data collection for hard to study populations. The visual methods may be applied to address: cognitive and communicative processes; verbal and non-verbal behavior; power differences in research; sensitive topics and emotional burden; or other interactive aspects of data collection. They may also be applied in the development of tools and instruments, as aided recall tool, or to map data visually./ /While the use of visual methods for unstructured qualitative data collection should be in the center of the focus, the aim of the research may be directed towards theoretical, qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research. / /Hence, this session invites papers dealing with innovative visual approaches to collect unstructured data from special populations. /   I would like to invite you all to have a look, and we are looking forward to receiving your contributions BY THE 15TH OF MARCH.

More information can be found here: https://rc33.org/call-for-abstract-rc33-eleventh-international-conference-on... , under SESSION NR. 20.

DR. VANESSA TORRES VAN GRINSVEN | Assistant Professor   Faculty of Psychology | Section Theory, Methods and Statistics visiting adress: Valkenburgerweg 177 Heerlen postal adresss: Postbus 2960 6401 DL Heerlen   Workdays: Mon – Tue – Wed – Thu