Editorial

Abstract

Visual studies is a rapidly expanding field – as we have emphasised in our previous Editorials, and whose dynamics will continue to be addressed in this journal. One of the aims of Visual Studies is to bridge the gap between visually-based research across the spectrum of the social sciences, arts, and humanities. We also seek to reduce the disparity in emphasis between visual and written studies in scholarly research by promoting visual methods as a legitimate form of scholarly work and to enrich the development of visual research methodologies in all their various forms.