![]() ![]() Interpretive phenomenology, also called hermeneutical phenomenology, is based on the assumption that humans are interpretation through and through. ![]() For example, it may study what it is like to have a conversation, how students experience difficulty in learning something, how pain is experienced in childbirth, what it is like to experience obsessive compulsions, how young people begin to experience secrecy and inwardness, and so forth. Phenomenology may explore the unique meanings of any human experience or phenomenon. Phenomenological research is the study of lived or experiential meaning and attempts to describe and interpret these meanings in the ways that they emerge and are shaped by consciousness, language, our cognitive and noncognitive sensibilities, and by our preunderstandings and presuppositions. More recently, the term has acquired a broader meaning as phenomenology has been developed as a human science that is employed in professional disciplines such as education, health science, clinical psychology, and law. Originally, phenomenology was the name for the major movement in philosophy and the humanities in continental Europe in the 20th century. But phenomenology is also a term that can carry quite different meanings depending on theoretical and practical contexts. Phenomenology is now commonly considered to be one of the alternative qualitative research methodologies to which researchers can turn. To say it somewhat differently, a main characteristic of the phenomenological tradition is that it is the study of the lifeworld as we immediately experience it, prereflectively, rather than as we conceptualize, theorize, categorize, or reflect on it. Phenomenology is the reflective study of prereflective or lived experience. Here is a brief overview from The SAGE encyclopedia of qualitative research methods: ![]() Throughout the month we'll highlight various methodologies, link to open access articles that explain and/or apply them, and point to relevant texts. This month we are looking at issues associated with selecting the methodology best suited for the study. We’ll continue to learn about the design stage in February with a focus on Choosing Methodology and Methods. In the first quarter of 2021 we explore design steps, starting with a January focus on research questions. ![]()
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