OxCo - Academic Video

Video as a Research tool

Leverage video tools for your research

Digital media are increasingly being used as tools in research. Video offers unique opportunities to collect fine-grained data on human interactions and emotions.

This training programme covers key technical skills relevant to using video as a research tool. It also tackles fundamental epistemological, ethical, and technical challenges raised by digital research methods.

A team gathering visual anthropologists, digital media specialists, and video experts provides a reflexive and practical introduction to conducting e-research. Each participant engages in an active hands-on learning experience geared towards collecting and analyse video data. Structured in 6 modules, this programme is uniquely suited for research teams or research centres wishing to encourage engagement with digital methods.

6 modules to generate and process video data

Why and how scientists use video tools: evolutions, state-of-art, and discussion of award-winning examples.

Planning and implementing a video data collection: aligning your empirical design with your theoretical goals.

A critical approach to video tools: Informed consent, Reflexivity, positionality, and ethics

Collecting and processing video data: from the shooting to the archives. Hands-on tutorial to edit video assets.

Analysing audio-visual data: taking advantage of AI-powered automation software. Hands-on tutorial.

Maximise research outcomes: video field reports, research articles, video explainers, ethnographic films, and documentaries. Screening with invited guest speakers.