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Seminar

English

Methodologies in visual narratives

When:

From:

TUE, 2 DEC 2025, 2:00 PM

To:

FRI, 3 DEC 2027, 12:00 PM

Where:

In person

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

11, Porte des Sciences, Esch-sur-Alzette, Belval, 4366, Maison des Sciences Humaines,

Location

1st Floor, Jane Jacobs Conference Room

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This international seminar aims to strengthen methodological expertise and foster new competencies in qualitative visual approaches among researchers in social sciences. Visual methodologies are a rapidly expanding field that offer powerful means to engage critically with contemporary societal issues.

Focusing on participatory photography and film-making, visual documentation, social semiotics, and multimodal analysis, these approaches challenge conventional modes of understanding and representation. They invite us to reflect on how visual narratives can act as catalysts for social change—enabling individuals and communities to assert identities, document lived experiences, and influence public discourse. Particular attention will be paid to the role of visuals in co-creating meaning and knowledge and contribute to more equitable and reflexive research practices.

Through this seminar, we will explore how visual methods can reshape the way narratives are constructed and address various challenges such as urban injustice, place-making in borderlands, food and waste everyday practices, and the ethics of representation. By adopting more inclusive, collaborative, and responsive methodologies, we aim to open new avenues for confronting complex social realities.

Programme of the International Seminar

2:00 PM - to: 5:00 PM

SESSION 1

Giorgia Aiello, University of Milan

(Why) does visual-material criticism matter in (post)digital urban research?

Vivien Sommer, Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space

Multimodal Analysis of Border Dispositifs: Combining Grounded Theory and Social Semiotics

Crispin Thurlow, University of Bern

Messy Methods for Trashy Worlds

9:00 AM - to: 12:00 PM

SESSION 2

Irene Gutiérrez-Torres, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and University Carlos III of Madrid