Interpretive inquiry: A practical and moral activity

1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
John K. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Interpretive Inquiry

scholarly journals Hermeneutic Inquiry: Paying Heed to History and Hermes An Ancestral, Substantive, and Methodological Tale

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Moules
Keyword(s):  
Current Practice ◽  
Living Tradition ◽  
Hermeneutic Inquiry ◽  
Interpretive Inquiry ◽  
The Right ◽  
A Current

Hermeneutic or interpretive inquiry is a living tradition of interpretation with a rich legacy of theory, philosophy, and practice. This paper is not intended to be a treatise on the right way to view and practice this tradition, but an exploration of the legacies that inform the philosophy of practice as the author has taken it up. In this explication, the author examines the ancestral, philosophical, and methodological histories that inform a current practice of hermeneutic inquiry.

Librarians as Wikimedia Movement Organizers in Spain: An interpretive inquiry exploring activities and motivations

First Monday ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Bridges ◽  
Clara Llebot
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Education ◽  
European Languages ◽  
Interpretive Inquiry ◽  
Regional Languages ◽  
Do So

How do librarians in Spain engage with Wikipedia (and Wikidata, Wikisource, and other Wikipedia sister projects) as Wikimedia Movement Organizers? And, what motivates them to do so? This article reports on findings from 14 interviews with 18 librarians. The librarians interviewed were multilingual and contributed to Wikimedia projects in Castilian (commonly referred to as Spanish), Catalan, Basque, English, and other European languages. They reported planning and running Wikipedia events, developing partnerships with local Wikimedia chapters, motivating citizens to upload photos to Wikimedia Commons, identifying gaps in Wikipedia content and filling those gaps, transcribing historic documents and adding them to Wikisource, and contributing data to Wikidata. Most were motivated by their desire to preserve and promote regional languages and culture, and a commitment to open access and open education.

When the Worst Imaginable Becomes Reality

Janus Head ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-213
Author(s):  
Katherine J. Janzen ◽  
Sherri Melrose ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Crack Cocaine ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenology ◽  
Interview Data ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Interpretive Inquiry

This article describes findings from a qualitative study that investigated the lived experiences of four mothers recovering from crack cocaine addictions who lost custody of their children. The project was guided by feminist interpretive inquiry, van Manen’s approach to hermeneutic phenomenology, and involved thematic analysis of in depth interview data. By telling the stories of these women and using their own words as well as interpretive poetry written by one of the authors to describe their suffering, our research offers important insights to professionals involved in the field of addictions.

Conversation analysis and interpretive quantitative research on psychotherapy process and problematic interpersonal behavior

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Westerman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Interpersonal Behavior ◽  
Study Patient ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Psychological Phenomena ◽  
Interpretive Inquiry

In this article, I examine conversation analysis, a fruitful area of qualitative research, in order to extend my prior explorations of the idea that quantitative methods can and should be part of the repertoire of interpretive approaches employed by investigators committed to treating psychological phenomena as irreducibly meaningful. My examination includes considering several lines of research by investigators who are not practitioners of conversation analysis in which quantitative methods were employed to study patient behavior in psychotherapy and defensive behavior more generally. These lines of inquiry show that (a) quantitative research methods have a good deal to offer practitioners of conversation analysis as they endeavor to advance our understanding of the organization of interactions, and (b) we can employ quantitative methods and continue to embrace a commitment to interpretive inquiry. I also offer a critique of fundamental methodological precepts associated with conversation analysis, which differ notably from the precepts guiding most qualitative research efforts in psychology. In a fascinating twist, these precepts, which include discomfort with interpretive research procedures, have resulted in limitations in very recent attempts by some practitioners of conversation analysis to employ quantitative methods in their investigations.

Honoring Voice and Visibility: Sensitive-Topic Research and Feminist Interpretive Inquiry

Affilia ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Golie G. Jansen ◽  
Diane Rae Davis
Keyword(s):  
Interpretive Inquiry
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