Phenomenological Research Methods

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Phenomenological Research Methods

27 Jul 1994-

TL;DR: A Phenomenological Analysis of Human Science Research Phenomenology and Human Science Inquiry Intentionality, Noema and Noesis Epoche as discussed by the authors, Phenomenologically Reduction, Imaginative Variation and Synthesis Methods and Procedures for Conducting Human science Research Analyses and Examples.

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Abstract: Human Science Perspectives and Models Transcendental Phenomenology Conceptual Framework Phenomenology and Human Science Inquiry Intentionality, Noema and Noesis Epoche, Phenomenological Reduction, Imaginative Variation and Synthesis Methods and Procedures for Conducting Human Science Research Phenomenological Research Analyses and Examples Summary, Implications and Outcomes A Phenomenological Analysis

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Hermeneutic Phenomenology and Phenomenology: A Comparison of Historical and Methodological Considerations

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Susann M. Laverty¹•Institutions (1)

University of Calgary¹

01 Sep 2003-The International Journal of Qualitative Methods

TL;DR: In this paper, the essential similarities and differences between hermeneutic phenomenology and phenomenology from historical and methodological perspectives are discussed, considering the philosophical bases, assumptions, focus of research and research outcomes that differentiate these approaches.

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Abstract: Hermeneutic phenomenology and phenomenology have become increasingly popular as research methodologies, yet confusion still exists about the unique aspects of these two methodologies. This article provides a discussion of the essential similarities and differences between hermeneutic phenomenology and phenomenology from historical and methodological perspectives. Consideration is given to the philosophical bases, assumptions, focus of research and research outcomes that differentiate these approaches.

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...…be traced to the philosophical beliefs of Husserl and Heidegger. reflections on the topic, information gathered from research participants, and depictions of the experience from outside the context of the research project itself, including the arts, such as poetry and painting (Polkinghorne, 1989)....
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...Polkinghorne (1983) described this interpretive process as concentrating on historical meanings of experience and their development and cumulative effects on individual and social levels. Annells (1996) viewed hermeneutics as an interpretive process that seeks to bring understanding and disclosure of phenomena through language....
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...Polkinghorne (1983) described this interpretive process as concentrating on historical meanings of experience and their development and cumulative effects on individual and social levels....
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...25 1996; Polkinghorne, 1983). Kvale (1996) viewed the end of this spiraling through a hermeneutic circle as occurring when one has reached a place of sensible meaning, free of inner contradictions, for the moment....
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...This grasping was seen as an intentional process, actively guided by human intention, not mechanistic causation (Polkinghorne, 1989)....
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“Outing” the Researcher: The Provenance, Process, and Practice of Reflexivity

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Linda Finlay¹•Institutions (1)

Open University¹

01 Apr 2002-Qualitative Health Research

TL;DR: In this article, the author seeks to “out” the researcher’s presence by exploring the theory and practice of reflexivity, and examples from research illustrate its problematic potential.

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Abstract: To increase the integrity and trustworthiness of qualitative research, researchers need to evaluate how intersubjective elements influence data collection and analysis. Reflexivity— where researchers engage in explicit, self-aware analysis of their own role—offers one tool for such evaluation. The process of engaging in reflexive analysis, however, is difficult, and its subjective, ambiguous nature is contested. In the face of challenges, researchers might retreat from engaging in the process. In this article, the author seeks to “out” the researcher’s presence by exploring the theory and practice of reflexivity. Examples from research illustrate its problematic potential.

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...Applying these ideas, phenomenologists begin their research with the data of their experience; their own reflecting, intuiting, and thinking are used as primary evidence (Moustakas, 1994)....
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Negotiating the swamp: the opportunity and challenge of reflexivity in research practice:

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Linda Finlay¹•Institutions (1)

Open University¹

01 Aug 2002-Qualitative Research

TL;DR: The authors examine how researcher-explorers from a range of research traditions have negotiated the swamp of interminable deconstructions, self analysis and self disclosure by drawing on examples of their reflexive experience.

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Abstract: How should researchers reflexively evaluate ways in which intersubjective elements transform their research? The process of engaging in reflexivity is full of muddy ambiguity and multiple trails as researchers negotiate the swamp of interminable deconstructions, self analysis and self disclosure. This article examines how researcher-explorers from a range of research traditions have negotiated this swamp in practice, by drawing on examples of their reflexive experience. ‘Maps’ are offered on five variants of reflexivity, namely: (i) introspection; (ii) intersubjective reflection; (iii) mutual collaboration; (iv) social critique; and (v) discursive deconstruction. The diversity of practice suggests competing, though also overlapping, accounts of the rationale and practice of reflexivity. In a critical celebration of the richness of reflexivity, this article aims to demonstrate how each way of approaching reflexivity offers different opportunities and challenges. It is hoped that the maps provided will enab...

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...Here, researchers’ own reflecting, intuiting and thinking are used as primary evidence (Moustakas, 1994)....
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The Descriptive Phenomenological Psychological Method

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Amedeo Giorgi¹•Institutions (1)

Saybrook University¹

01 Jan 2012-Journal of Phenomenological Psychology

TL;DR: This paper developed a phenomenological method for researching humans in a psychological way based upon the work of Edmund Husserl and Merleau-Ponty, and described the method briefly describes the method.

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Abstract: The author explains that his background was in experimental psychology but that he wanted to study the whole person and not fragmented psychological processes. He also desired a non-reductionistic method for studying humans. Fortunately he came across the work of Edmund Husserl and discovered in the latter’s thought a way of researching humans that met the criteria he was seeking. Eventually he developed a phenomenological method for researching humans in a psychological way based upon the work of Husserl and Merleau-Ponty. This article briefly describes the method.

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Justifying Knowledge, Justifying Method, Taking Action: Epistemologies, Methodologies, and Methods in Qualitative Research

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Stacy M Carter¹, Miles Little¹•Institutions (1)

University of Sydney¹

01 Jan 2007-Qualitative Health Research

TL;DR: A framework for qualitative research, in particular for evaluating its quality, founded on epistemology, methodology, and method is clarified, and research that attends to all three elements and demonstrates internal consistency between them is defined.

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Abstract: In this article, the authors clarify a framework for qualitative research, in particular for evaluating its quality, founded on epistemology, methodology, and method. They define these elements and discuss their respective contributions and interrelationships. Epistemology determines and is made visible through method, particularly in the participant- researcher relationship, measures of research quality, and form, voice, and representation in analysis and writing. Epistemology guides methodological choices and is axiological. Methodology shapes and is shaped by research objectives, questions, and study design. Methodologies can prescribe choices of method, resonate with particular academic disciplines, and encourage or discourage the use and/or development of theory. Method is constrained by and makes visible methodological and epistemic choices. If we define good quality qualitative research as research that attends to all three elements and demonstrates internal consistency between them, standardized checklists can be transcended and innovation and diversity in qualitative research practice facilitated.

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