by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Describing Experiences
Describing Experiences Personal experience is often a good starting point for phenomenological inquiry. To be aware of the structure of one’s own experience of a phenomenon may provide the researcher with clues for orienting to the phenomenon and thus to all the other...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Empirical Methods
The main purpose of the empirical (and exegetical) methods is to explore examples and varieties of lived experiences, especially in the form of anecdotes, narratives, stories and other lived experience accounts. The lifeworld, the world of lived experience, is both...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Fictional Experiences
Fictional Experiences Literature, poetry, or other story forms serve as a resource of experiences to which the phenomenologist may turn to increase practical insights. Fictional literature, such as novels and short stories, are sometimes excellent sources for...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Gathering Experiences
Gathering Experiences The “data” of human science research are human experiences. It seems obvious, therefore, that if we wish to investigate the meaning dimensions of a certain experience (phenomenon), the most straightforward way to go about our research is to ask...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Imaginal Experiences
Imaginal Experiences Non-discursive artistic material is commonly used for exploring the experiential richness of certain experiences. Each artistic medium (painting, sculpture, music, cinematography, etc.) has its own “language” of expression. Objects of art are...
by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | Interviewing Experiences
Interviewing Experiences In phenomenological human science the interview first of all serves the very specific purpose of exploring and gathering experiential narrative material, stories or anecdotes, that may serve as a resource for developing a richer and deeper...
