Theories, methods, observing, relating - I am not sure how qualitative researchers sort out all the different choices they have. The armchair walk through method seems to make a great deal of sense.
The video in my previous posting is an example of ethnography. In fact the narrative that Evie did moves it toward autoethnography, which according to Reed-Danahay (1997) is a "self narrative that connects the personal to the culture by placing understanding of self within a social context." It also overlaps into the realm of participatory action research where Evie and her family are 'no longer "subjects" or "objects" of research but are considered experts of their own experience, with complementary knowledge and skills to contribute to the research process." (Mayan, 2009 p. 43)
The format used to express the story was photonovella, where Evie's narrative was built around Kieran's still images. Overlapping, complementary methods that responded to the situation in what the participants deemed to be the most appropriate way.
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