Using Ethnography to Access, Understand, and Reflect on Video Observation of Violence
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Using Ethnography to Access, Understand, and Reflect on Video Observation of Violence. / Friis, Camilla Bank; van Lith, Lenneke; van Bruchem, Marly; Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz.
Fieldwork experiences in Criminology and Security Studies: Methods, Ethics, and Emotions. red. / Antonio M. Díaz-Fernández; Cristina Del-Real; Lorena Molnar. Cham : Springer, 2023. s. 461-481.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Using Ethnography to Access, Understand, and Reflect on Video Observation of Violence
AU - Friis, Camilla Bank
AU - van Lith, Lenneke
AU - van Bruchem, Marly
AU - Lindegaard, Marie Rosenkrantz
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Video observation holds great potential for changing our understanding of crime and violence. Recordings of real-life violence provide a detailed and uninterrupted perspective on patterns of actual behavior. This enables the possibility to analyze systematically and reliably what happens in violent interactions caught on camera. Video observational studies are mainly focused on the findings of what is observed in the videos. Yet, scholars who draw on footage from CCTV and body-worn cameras use ethnographic tools and emotions to gain access, analyze, and contextualize the content of these recordings. These tools and emotions are rarely reflected upon in research papers based on video observation despite their necessity for accessing videos, interpreting them in meaningful ways, evaluating, and ethically communicating the results. In this chapter, we look behind the scenes of doing video observation on violence. Drawing on four projects based on footage from CCTV and body-worn cameras, we show how we accessed, understood, and reflected on video observation of violent interactions using ethnographic tools. Further, we illustrate some of the ethical dilemmas involved in this process. We end the chapter with three lessons for future scholars who want to conduct video observation of real-life conflict interactions with CCTV and body-worn cameras.
AB - Video observation holds great potential for changing our understanding of crime and violence. Recordings of real-life violence provide a detailed and uninterrupted perspective on patterns of actual behavior. This enables the possibility to analyze systematically and reliably what happens in violent interactions caught on camera. Video observational studies are mainly focused on the findings of what is observed in the videos. Yet, scholars who draw on footage from CCTV and body-worn cameras use ethnographic tools and emotions to gain access, analyze, and contextualize the content of these recordings. These tools and emotions are rarely reflected upon in research papers based on video observation despite their necessity for accessing videos, interpreting them in meaningful ways, evaluating, and ethically communicating the results. In this chapter, we look behind the scenes of doing video observation on violence. Drawing on four projects based on footage from CCTV and body-worn cameras, we show how we accessed, understood, and reflected on video observation of violent interactions using ethnographic tools. Further, we illustrate some of the ethical dilemmas involved in this process. We end the chapter with three lessons for future scholars who want to conduct video observation of real-life conflict interactions with CCTV and body-worn cameras.
UR - https://psyarxiv.com/tv7j4
UR - https://link.springer.com/book/9783031415739
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-41574-6_25
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-41574-6_25
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9783031415739
SP - 461
EP - 481
BT - Fieldwork experiences in Criminology and Security Studies
A2 - Díaz-Fernández, Antonio M.
A2 - Del-Real, Cristina
A2 - Molnar, Lorena
PB - Springer
CY - Cham
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