VISUAL METHODS AND VISUAL RESEARCH: HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT AND FIELDS OF APPLICATION
Mariya Alekseevna Abramova
Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
Keywords: visual, visual methods, visual research methods, visual teaching methods, visual methods in anthropology
Abstract
The historical background of the demand for various connotations of the concept of "visual" is presented based on the results of a statistical analysis of the frequency of use of the terms "visual methods," "visual research," and "visual methods in research" in texts. The identification of three stages in the development and application of visual methods is based on a shift in research focus, which is related to the emergence of new technologies that allow for the creation, preservation, and transmission of visual images. The author concludes that the demand for visual methods in modern research in the fields of natural sciences, social philosophy, and the humanities is accompanied, on the one hand, by a variety of interpretations and attempts to justify the independence of the field of research, and, on the other hand, by the fragmentation of researchers in the social space of science and the existing contradictions in their methodological positions, which limit the development of interdisciplinary projects.
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