Drawing Attention to the Wonders of Parental Care: A Methodological Inquiry

Abstract

This article explores seeing/drawing as a research practice and makes two key contributions to contemporary conversations on audiovisual methods. First, it reveals a problem related to the methodological silencing of more than verbal presence and efforts that occur as video data are distilled by transcription. This is significant because it illustrates how widely used methods sometimes add to the continued silencing of overlooked perspectives. Second, the article outlines a methodological experiment catalyzed by the abovementioned problem, inquiring into seeing/drawing as a research practice that allows for cultivating attention toward more than verbal presence while temporarily muting the verbal.