ABSTRACT

The use of visual research methods with young people—such as photo diaries and mental mapping—risks reproducing a focus on local-scale micro-politics at the expense of broader contextualization. We contend that combining visual and narrative methods through digital storytelling enables young people to represent their everyday lives within broader social and political processes. Working in post-conflict urban areas in Lebanon, we found that this method allowed young people to disrupt the dominant geopolitical narratives that so often frame their lives and surroundings. This paper provides a detailed explanation of our place-based approach to digital storytelling, including a discussion of ethical and practical concerns. Our approach eschews the individual testimonial technique typical of digital storytelling. Rather than a tool for introspective self-reflection, place-based digital storytelling encourages inter-subjective extrospection, a process of exploring how individual stories unfold within broader geopolitical contexts.

摘要

对年轻人使用视觉研究方法——例如照片日记和心理地图——可能会以牺牲更广泛的情境化为代价，重新关注当地规模的微观政治。我们认为，通过数字讲故事将视觉和叙事方法结合起来，使年轻人能够在更广泛的社会和政治进程中代表他们的日常生活。在黎巴嫩冲突后的城市地区工作，我们发现这种方法可以让年轻人打破经常影响他们生活和环境的占主导地位的地缘政治叙事。本文详细解释了我们基于地点的数字故事讲述方法，包括对道德和实际问题的讨论。我们的方法避开了数字故事讲述中典型的个人推荐技术。