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Behind the Handbook: Editing and Curating Perspectives on Visual Inquiry
Wednesday October 7, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
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This presentation reflects on the editorial and curatorial process behind the Handbook of Visual Inquiry: Methods and Pedagogies for Visual Literacy. The aim of the book is to provide a comprehensive, accessible, and critically grounded resource on visual research methods and pedagogical approaches for visual literacy in education. As visual communication increasingly shapes how knowledge is produced, circulated, and learned, educators and researchers face the challenge of engaging with images not only as teaching aids, but also as objects of inquiry and as modes of thinking and producing knowledge.
Rather than focusing exclusively on the book’s content, this talk examines the intellectual and collaborative labor involved in assembling a multi-author volume in an emerging interdisciplinary field. It discusses the editorial decisions that shaped the conceptual framework of the handbook, the process of curating contributions across diverse methodological traditions, and the strategies used to balance accessibility, critical rigor, and pedagogical relevance.
By sharing insights from this editorial process, the presentation aims to illuminate how academic handbooks function not only as repositories of knowledge, but also as curatorial interventions that help articulate and consolidate developing areas of research and teaching in visual inquiry and visual literacy.
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avatar for Dana S. Thompson

Dana S. Thompson

Research and Instruction Librarian, Murray State University
Dana S. Thompson is a research and instruction librarian and associate professor at Murray State University. Dana currently serves as the President of the International Visual Literacy Association and has served as a member of the ACRL Visual Literacy Taskforce. Her research and teaching... Read More →
avatar for Ricardo Lopez-Leon

Ricardo Lopez-Leon

Lead Researcher, Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes
Gemini dijoRicardo Lopez-Leon is a Lead Researcher-Lecturer at the Design Sciences Center of the University of Aguascalientes, Mexico. He holds a Ph.D. in Art and Sciences for Design, specializing in applied aesthetics and semiotics, from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. As... Read More →
Wednesday October 7, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EDT
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