Methodological-methodical approaches to children's drawings in qualitative social science research

在社会科学研究方面，儿童绘画是研究方法规范的组成部分，特别是在儿童研究和关于儿童的研究中，但迄今为止，儿童绘画作为独立的数据类型和主要作为辅助要素，仅在一定程度上作为独立的数据类型被使用，例如在儿童访谈中。然而，如果儿童绘画成为实证研究的主要对象，可以观察到，对儿童绘画的解释仍然是基于访谈，因为对儿童绘画的询问(在绘画过程中和之后)被认为是解释其绘画的必备要素。此外，方法论-方法论的考虑很少关注(图像)制作者对观众的意图和观众的接受之间的关系，因此经常被毫无疑问地等同起来。因此，德国社会科学研究中对儿童绘画的实证使用具有视角有限的特点。当然，除了心理学或诊断学方法之外，还有一些经验性的解释视角，例如沿着记录法或解释学的图标解释，但进一步的话语空间在于深化这些方法，特别是将这些经验性方法与儿童绘画分析进行对比。德语和英语关于儿童绘画的国际话语几乎是分开进行的，到目前为止还没有相互联系，这一事实当然为关于儿童绘画的基本讨论提供了进一步的潜力。在这种背景下，该网络力求对迄今为止在方法论-方法论要求下以及在纳入国际话语下制定的分析方法进行概要和深入讨论。因此，该网络回应了普遍存在的对更深层次思考的需求：对儿童绘画的哪些分析方法需要哪些具体的潜力和限制？这与儿童绘画的具体表现物质性和他们的理论理解有什么关系？在该网络内，也在国际一级对不同方法进行更深入的理解和讨论，有望开辟新的潜力，并进一步发展儿童绘画，使其成为定性社会科学研究中的独立数据材料。

In the context of social science research, children's drawings are an integral part of the canon of research methods, particularly in the context of research with and about children, but they have so far only been used to a limited extent in their empirical status as independent data types and mainly as supporting elements, e.g. in children’s interviews. Nevertheless, if children's drawings become the primary object of empirical research, it can be observed that the interpretation of children's drawings is still based on interviews, since the questioning of children about their drawings (during and after drawing) is considered as an obligatory element for an interpretation of their drawings. Furthermore, methodological-methodological considerations rarely focus on the relationship between the intention of the (image) producer to the viewer and the reception of the viewer and are consequently often equated unquestioningly. Accordingly, the empirical use of children's drawings within German social science research is characterized by a limited perspective. Certainly, there are a few empirical perspectives of interpretation beyond psychological or diagnostic approaches, e.g. along the documentary method or hermeneutic iconic interpretation, but further discoursal space consists here in deepening these approaches, and especially in contrasting these empirical approaches to children’s drawings analysis. The fact that German and English international discourses on children's drawings take place almost separately and are not interlinked up to now, certainly offers further potential for fundamental discussions on children's drawings.Against this background, the network strives for a synopsis and an in-depth discussion of the analytical approaches worked out so far under methodological-methodological desiderata as well as under inclusion of the international discourse. The network thus reacts to the prevailing need for deeper reflections: which analytical approaches to children's drawings entail which specific potentials and limits? In what connection does this relate to the specific expressive materiality of children's drawings and their theoretical understanding? The deeper understanding and discussion of different approaches, also on an international level, within the network promises to open up new potentials and to further develop children's drawings with regard to their significance as independent data material in qualitative social science research.