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Fringe benefits: valuing the visual in narratives of hairdressers' identities at work (2012)
Journal Article
Shortt, H., & Warren, S. (2012). Fringe benefits: valuing the visual in narratives of hairdressers' identities at work. Visual Studies, 27(1), 18-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586X.2012.642955

In this article, we focus on the use of respondent-led photography, as a narrative method through which we may research identity at work. We base our argument on empirical data drawn from a wider research study, the aim of which was to explore the id... Read More about Fringe benefits: valuing the visual in narratives of hairdressers' identities at work.

Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods (2012)
Journal Article
Shortt, H. (2012). Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods. Sociological Research Online, 17(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2690

This article considers how one group of workers, hairdressers, use aspects of their material landscape of work as important resources in the production and re-production of their work identities. It shows how the participants of the study use the spa... Read More about Identityscapes of a hair salon: Work identities and the value of visual methods.