Video diaries

Bates, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6099-1262 2025. Video diaries. Vannini, Phillip, ed. The Routledge International Handbook of Ethnographic Film and Video, London and New York: Routledge, pp. 135-154. (10.4324/9781003604884-17)

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Abstract

This chapter outlines some of the essential and developing principles and practices of using video diaries as an ethnographic research method. The chapter draws on experiences from my own fieldwork, working with people who have long-term conditions, talking with them about their everyday lives and illness experiences, and asking them to make their own video diaries to illuminate the practical and methodological issues that working with video diaries entails. The chapter also highlights some of the lessons that can be drawn from the growing literature on video diaries. It begins by discussing the practicalities of giving people video cameras to film their own lives. I touch on each stage of making a video diary, from choosing a video camera to writing instructions and working with an ethical sensibility. Next, I consider how video diaries redesign ethnographic observation and draw on different filming styles and visual skills. To end the chapter, I outline ways of analyzing, editing, and writing video diaries.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Publisher:	Routledge
ISBN:	9780367185824
Last Modified:	28 Jul 2026 10:23
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/128706

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