Phenomenological Research Enrichment Using Photovoice and SHOWED Documentation

Abstract

Phenomenology as a research methodology is valued for its adaptability to a wide range of circumstances. As a methodology, it can be enriched by combining it with other qualitative research methods that are suitable to the question under study. This paper explains how phenomenology was enriched for a study of food and eating habits among teens by using photovoice and SHOWED documentation to help students show examples of their thinking about food issues and document their thoughts as they complied sets of photographs that demonstrated the food issues they wanted to discuss in the research forums.