Toolkit 01: Informed consent for visual research

Katherine Davies, Realities/Morgan Centre, University of Manchester, July 2008

Summary

This toolkit aims to share experiences of seeking informed consent to use digital photographs made of participants' family photographs in the Living Resemblances project, where we employed photo elicitation methods during wider semi-structured interviews. It covers when to seek consent, getting different levels of consent, how to manage the process and some top tips!

• Informed consent toolkit
• Living resemblances project

This toolkit refers to some supporting documents:

• Sample photo consent form sent to participants
• Sample letter sent to participants with consent form