Coming to our senses? A critical approach to sensory methodology

Qualitative Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-603

  Mason, Jennifer ^a   Davies, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family resemblances; Photo elicitation; Qualitative interviews; Sensory methods; Visual methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749118725     PISSN: 14687941     EISSN: 17413109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468794109343628     Document Type: Article

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