Rodziny na widoku – koncepcja demonstrowania rodzinności jako narzędzie użyteczne do analizowania życia rodzinnego
Families in the Spotlight – “Displaying Families” Concept as a Tool for the Analyses of Family Life

Summary/Abstract: The concept of displaying families proposed by Janet Finch is embedded in the paradigm of defining families in relation to practices and in a methodology of analyzing the sphere of family life focused on the study of everyday interactions. According to Finch’s approach, both defining and researching family life must take into account the assumption that families are not only “done” in everyday family practices, but also “displayed” as families. This approach is most widely used for the analyses focused on “atypical” forms of family life which for many reasons do not fit the normative patterns. The article aims to achieve three objectives: (1) to discuss the main assumptions of the “displaying families” concept; (2) to present this approach as a research tool for the analysis of family life; (3) to demonstrate the heuristic potential of “displaying families” concept by applying it to the analysis of visual content published in social media.

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