Titolo The visual data revolution and qualitative sociology Periodico Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa Anno: 2017 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 181 - Pagina finale: 194
The article discusses the potentialities of qualitative research as enhanced by more or less recent opportunities concerning visual data, and argues for the strong relevance of a micro-sociological perspective in developing social theory. In particular, by taking as example the case of violence, the paper shows the fundamental role that non-verbal signals play in social interaction, and the consequent opportunities visual data offer to analyse the micro dynamics that underlie macro processes.