The International Visual Methods Conference (IVMC) is an interdisciplinary conference bringing visual academics, researchers and practitioners together. Held every two years, the IVMC seeks to foster greater dialogue in the area of visual methods, in both theoretical and practical aspects.

Visual methods use a variety of visual tools (images, maps, drawings, graphic novels, photos, films, videos, etc.) to communicate complex concepts. These tools are generated through participatory activities, research and planning activities or even through using already existing visual materials in an original way.

The topic of this 10th edition is “People, Place, Narrative”. It foregrounds the entanglements of visuality, lived experience, and spatio-temporal narratives. 

Co-chairs of IVMC27 are Professor Antonia Liguori, Professor of Participatory Storytelling and Co-Director of the Institute for Collective Place Leadership at Teesside University, and Dr Sally Blackburn-Daniels, AHRC Impact Acceleration Account Research Fellow at the same institution.