Researching controversial and sensitive issues: using visual vignettes to explore farmers' attitudes towards the control of bovine tuberculosis in England

摘要: This paper addresses the potential difficulties associated with researching controversial and/or sensitive issues. Drawing on findings from in-depth interviews farmers, provides a reflexive commentary use of visual vignettes to explore farmers' attitudes towards control bovine tuberculosis in England – currently highly subject. Five short video clips were shown interviewees prompt discussions about different aspects disease control, including methods vaccinate and cull badgers. Visual have not been used widely outside fields health social care. The method is here encourage discuss issues related badger their trust various stakeholders involved management tuberculosis, own knowledge understanding methods. results suggest that number advantages could benefit research human geography wider sciences.