Hermeneutic Phenomenology

2022 ◽  
pp. 204-222
Author(s):  
Sandy White Watson
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Collection Management ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Participant Selection ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology

In this chapter, the qualitative research methodology known as hermeneutic phenomenology was explored beginning with a brief historical overview of phenomenology and hermeneutic phenomenology followed by a conceptualization of hermeneutic phenomenology. As elements of the hermeneutic phenomenological research process were explored, practical applications were provided as exemplars of each component of the process including participant selection, the hermeneutic circle, forestructures, data collection, management, and analysis. These application exemplars were presented in italics and labeled as applications. Attempts were made to contextualize the methodology in ways understandable to doctoral students seeking a methodological framework within which to situate their own research. Finally, sample completed studies utilizing hermeneutic phenomenology were referenced.

scholarly journals Hermeneutic Phenomenological Interviewing: Going Beyond Semi-Structured Formats to Help Participants Revisit Experience

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Lauterbach
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Content Area ◽  
Think Aloud ◽  
Students With Learning Disabilities ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Stimulated Recall

Phenomenological research traditionally involves multiple focused interviews that rely on the participants’ memories and reflections to revisit experiences. There are many other interview formats that have the potential to support participants in this process by instead engaging with the phenomenon as it presents itself to their consciousness. In this paper, I present an example of how multiple interview formats, including think-aloud, stimulated recall, and semi-structured were used in a hermeneutic phenomenology study exploring expert teachers’ perceptions of teaching literacy within their content area to secondary students with learning disabilities. I provide example protocols in which I used multiple interview formats (i.e., think-aloud, stimulated recall, and semi-structured) to help participants engage with the phenomenon in ways that did not rely on memory and reflection alone. I describe how the data collected during different interview formats were analyzed using hermeneutic phenomenological methods. Finally, I highlight one participant’s findings, discussing how each interview contributed to the findings, and providing illustrative examples of how going beyond semi-structured formats helped this participant revisit experiences in ways that new meaning emerged and enhanced understanding of the phenomena.

scholarly journals Researching Lived Experience in Education: Misunderstood or Missed Opportunity?

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 160940692094206
Author(s):  
Emma Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Research In Education ◽  
Missed Opportunity

Phenomenological research approaches have become increasingly popular in fields such as psychology, nursing, tourism, and health science but remain underrepresented in education research. This is surprising given that education, a discipline founded on attending to, and building upon, the knowledge and experiences of others, can only benefit from the insights and explication of human experience offered by phenomenological research. One reason for its disfavor may be the oft-intimidating philosophy that underpins, and is critical to the application of, phenomenological approaches to research. This article provides an overview of some of the phenomenology’s key philosophical principles. It pays particular attention to transcendental and hermeneutic phenomenology, their key proponents, and tenets and outlines some similarities and differences between these two phenomenological lineages. Efforts to translate the philosophical principles of phenomenology into an approach to research are discussed, and examples of the application of transcendental and hermeneutic phenomenological approaches to education settings are explored. Once described as more a carefully cultivated thoughtfulness than a technique, phenomenology as a methodology is examined in terms of its trustworthiness and its potential to deepen our Understanding (with a capital U) of the experiences of others. This article acts as a theoretical handrail to support researchers’ first steps into this rich philosophical and theoretical terrain with a view to encouraging increased adoption of this approach to research in education settings.

scholarly journals Alienation and the Sociology of Alfred Schutz

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joaquin Trujillo
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Alfred Schutz ◽  
Natural Attitude ◽  
Life World ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World ◽  
Alfred Schütz

This article investigates the phenomenon of alienation as its rendition relates to the sociology of Alfred Schutz. Its goal is to augment our understanding of alienation within the context of Schutz and hermeneutic-phenomenology’s interpretation of intersubjectivity. It responds to the question: “If the World is indeed so profoundly intersubjective”, as Schutz’s sociology and hermeneutic-phenomenology suggest, “why does the everyday person dwelling in the life-world of the natural attitude commonly not endure it?” This article begins with a review of Schutz’s apparent neglect to address the phenomenon of alienation then responds to the capital question it poses with a hermeneutic-phenomenological exhibition of the matter that aims to compliment his sociology. Transcendental-horizonal and being-historical expositions of alienation are provided. The article concludes with a return to Schutz’s sociology to determine whether it contains a hidden interpretation of alienation in light of the preceding analysis. The final section also tables considerations for further sociological and phenomenological research of alienation.

scholarly journals Hermeneutic phenomenological research method simplified

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narayan Prasad Kafle
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Phenomenological Research Method ◽  
Interdisciplinary Journal

This write-up aims to first clarify the notion of phenomenology by offering sayings of different experts of this genre. Thereafter, it attempts to briefly trace its genesis and classify this broad idea in three different schools viz. transcendental, hermeneutic and existential. After discussing very precisely on each of these schools, it focuses on the premises of hermeneutic phenomenology as a method for doing research. The purpose of this essay is to collect and exhibit a crude paradigmatic clue of doing a hermeneutic phenomenological research. During the course, it emphasizes on the metaphysical stance, methodological grounds, quality concerns and ethical issues that contribute to its paradigmatic assumptions. Bodhi: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 5, 2011, Page 181-200 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/bodhi.v5i1.8053

25 Reflections on Accounting Research

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana R. Hermanson
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Journal Review ◽  
Accounting Research

ABSTRACT In this essay, I reflect on my roughly 25 years in accounting research by discussing 25 topics related to (1) the journal review process, (2) specific types of accounting research, and (3) the research process. I hope that these observations will prompt additional thought and discussion, help accounting doctoral students and faculty to publish their research, and potentially challenge some readers.

The experience of musical jamming: Testing the fit of a model of hermeneutic phenomenology of spirituality in music education

2021 ◽  
pp. 1321103X2110388
Author(s):  
Clint Randles ◽  
Roberto Jimenez ◽  
Dominick Agostini ◽  
Adam Balic ◽  
Gretchen Dodson
Keyword(s):  
Music Education ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
New Model ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Jam Session

The authors sought to test the fit of a new model of spirituality in music education by examining one jamming session through a hermeneutic phenomenological lens. In accordance with the work of Van der Merwe and Habron, the authors employ four lifeworld existentials as categories by which to organize the experience of the five musicians involved in a particular jam session. Participant researcher narratives are analyzed for fit with the model, and an analysis is reported. These narratives seem to support the existence of the guideposts inherent to the model. Furthermore, the researchers present a model as a way for situating the spirituality model in the context of an understanding of person, product, process, press, and position to inform the literature in creativity.

Studying gendered embodied consumption with poststructuralist feminist hermeneutics

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carly Drake ◽  
Scott K. Radford
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Research Process ◽  
The Body ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Participants ◽  
Textual Data ◽  
Recreational Runners ◽  
Feminist Hermeneutics

Purpose This study aims to consider how research methodologies and methods can afford holistic inquiry into gendered embodied consumption. Noting the salience of gender in past and present discourse surrounding the body and building on poststructuralist feminist hermeneutic philosophy and practice, the authors introduce a novel methodological framework situated within three considerations borne of the current socio-cultural landscape: the politics of embodiment, embodied identity and intersectionality. Design/methodology/approach To assist scholars and practitioners in interpreting themes of gendered embodiment in textual data surrounding consumption topics, the authors orient the framework around three principles of listening, questioning and hospitality. This framework fosters embodied empathy by linking the researcher’s body to those of research participants. To illustrate the method, the authors interpret consumption narratives extracted from semi-structured interviews with 26 women-identified recreational runners on the topics of embodiment, sport and media. Findings The interpretations of gendered consumption narratives show that using the principles of listening, questioning and hospitality invites an understanding of consumers as multifaceted, contradictory and agentic. The authors argue that consumers’ everyday experiences are often simple and quiet but embedded in history wherein bodies are both biological and inescapably social. Originality/value The methodological framework allows both the researcher’s and research participants’ embodiment to play a role in the research process. It also illuminates the entanglement of embodiment and consumption in a fraught, politicized context. The authors show that by listening to consumers, questioning their narratives and traditional interpretations thereof and inviting consumers to feel comfortable and heard, researchers can see what other approaches may overlook.

Shariah-compliant equities and Shariah screening: need for convergence of ethical screening of stocks with Shariah screening

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tauhidul Islam Tanin ◽  
Abu Umar Faruq Ahmad ◽  
Aishath Muneeza
Keyword(s):  
Original Research ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Screening Criteria ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Stock Screening ◽  
Descriptive Approach ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study explores the practical application of the Shariah screening process and how it could be enhanced by converging the same with the ethical screening of stocks.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a qualitative research methodology by combining the qualitative descriptive approach and content analysis.FindingsThe findings of this research suggest that there is scope to converge ethical screening of stocks with Shariah Screening as the lex loci applicable to Shariah screening is derived from Shariah, which considers ethics as part of determining its rules.Practical implicationsThe data from this study reveal several practical applications, the ultimate goal of which is to help the policymakers and stakeholders understand the relevance of the Shariah screening of stocks and get a streamlined screening process, paving the way to enhance the same using ethical screening criteria to develop its function to become much more relevant irrespective of the denomination of faiths.Originality/valueThis is original research, which is expected to contribute to understanding the extent to which Shariah screening can be enhanced by integrating the ethical stock screening dimension to it.

scholarly journals The development of doctoral degree curriculum in England: Perspectives from professional doctoral degree graduates

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Miguel Dos Santos ◽  
Ho Fai Lo
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Doctoral Degree ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Doctoral Level ◽  
Professional Doctorate ◽  
The Rich

The paper investigates two issues surrounding the field of higher education leadership, particularly in doctoral education, namely the reasons why potential doctoral students decided to enroll in a professional doctorate instead of a traditional Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and how did professional doctorate status enhance its graduates’ professional development and career promotion.  Guided by the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), 20 professional doctorate graduates who are members of a professional association in London were invited as participants. The paper discovers that in the view of professional doctorate graduates, the program offers the flexibility for professionals to enjoy the rigorous education at doctoral level.  Second, the curriculum of the professional doctorate allows graduates to apply both theories and practical applications into their current workplace directly.  Third, the rich supports from lecturers enhancing the prosperity of professional doctorate graduates’ life experience.  This study provides solid evidence and recommendation for university administrators, policy makers, organizational employers, and potential doctoral students in the United Kingdom and other Anglophone countries to understand the learning outcomes and gained skills of professional doctorates. Keywords: career counseling; doctoral student experience; professional doctorate; qualitative

scholarly journals Pesquisa qualitativa em psicologia clínica: uma possibilidade metodológica em diálogo com a fenomenologia hermenêutica

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Ellen Fernanda Gomes da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Narrative Interview ◽  
Phenomenological Perspective

Resumo: O presente artigo, de cunho teórico, apresenta uma proposta metodológica para as pesquisas qualitativas em Psicologia Clínica. Para tanto, discute a perspectiva fenomenológica hermenêutica e suas ressonâncias para a pesquisa qualitativa. Posteriormente, reflete sobre a importância da questão-bússola como norteadora da pesquisa e apresenta a entrevista narrativa e o diário de bordo como recursos metodológicos. Por fim, a análise compreensiva do fenômeno, a partir da compreensão gadameriana, será apontada enquanto possibilidade de compreensão/interpretação do fenômeno a ser pesquisado. Nessa direção, considera-se a relevância dos pressupostos fenomenológicos hermenêuticos – tais como a compreensão, a linguagem, a noção de verdade, fenômeno e método – na tarefa de contribuir para a realização de pesquisas em Psicologia Clínica, ao passo que são assumidos como indicativos-formais; os quais se configuram como sinalizadores de direções e auxiliam na compreensão dos fenômenos.Palavras-chave: Pesquisa Qualitativa; Psicologia Clínica; Fenomenologia Hermenêutica; Gadamer. Qualitative research in clinical psychology: a methodological possibility in dialogue with hermeneutic phenomenologyAbstract: This article presents a methodological proposal for qualitative research in Clinical Psychology. For that, we will discuss the hermeneutic phenomenological perspective and its resonances for qualitative research. Later, we will reflect on the importance of the compass question as guiding the research and we will present the narrative interview and the logbook as methodological resources. Finally, the comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon, based on the understanding of Gadamer, will be pointed out as a possibility of understanding / interpretation of the phenomenon to be researched. In this direction, the relevance of hermeneutic phenomenological presuppositions - such as comprehension, language, the notion of truth, phenomenon and method - in the task of contributing to research in Clinical Psychology is considered, while they are assumed as indicative -form; which are configured as direction flags and help in understanding the phenomena.Keywords: Qualitative research; Clinical psychology; Hermeneutic Phenomenology; Gadamer. 

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