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Research study: hermeneutic phenomenology

1. Hermeneutic Phenomenology

2. Hermeneutic Phenomenology is a particular type of phenomenology among a range of phenomenological methodologies, usually classified into two camps, namely the Descriptive phenomenology and the Interpretive phenomenology.

3. Descriptive Phenomenology or also known as Transcendental Phenomenology was developed by Edmund Husserl while Interpretive Phenomenology or known as Hermeneutic Phenomenology or Existential Phenomenology was developed by Martin Heidegger .

4. Hermeneutic or Interpretive phenomenology is used to interpret the meaning of lived experiences and communicate the interpretation textual or symbolically while Descriptive or Transcendental phenomenology is based on discovering the objective universal essences of lived experiences and communicating them through pure description (Newberry, 2012).

5. Interpretive phenomenology is also defined as the interpretation of text or language by an observer, or the “ art and science of interpretation ” and also can be used as a methodology or enhancement of phenomenology. (Sloan and Bowie, 2014)

6. Descriptive and Interpretive methodologies share four common feature: Description - description of the phenomena Reduction - is a process that involves suspending and bracketing the phenomena Essence - is the core meaning of an individual’s experience Intentionality - refers to consciousness since individual’s are always conscious. ( Kafle , 2011)

7. According to Husserl, “ the observe could transcend the phenomena and meanings being investigated to take a global view of the essence discovered; an objectiviszation of the meanings of human experiences. And also, the key to study a phenomenon was through consciousness and grasping of the ultimate essences of the unique experience. However, identifying essences requires phenomenological reduction or also known as bracketing. Bracketing claims to remove distortion of perception. Phenomenology focuses on people’s perceptions of the world or the perception of the “things in their appearing”. But there is a variation between descriptive and interpretive phenomenology on this aspect.

8. In contrast, Heidegger’s view was “ that the observer could not remove him or herself from the process of essence- identification, that he or she existed with the phenomena and the essences . His central view was the use of language and the interpretation of a person’s meaning –making, their attribution of meaning to phenomena. Disagreeing with Husserl, Heidegger also suggested that a philosopher cannot investigate “ things in their appearing” to identify their essence while remaining neutral or detached from the things . This means “ that it is impossible to bracket off to identify the essence of a phenomena. ( Langdridge 2007 in Sloa n and Bowe, 2014)

9. Between Descriptive and Hermeneutic phenomenology, Hermeneutic phenomenology is more complex. Its elements of temporality and ‘being-in-the-world” make this variation possible. Under Heidegger’s hermeneutic phenomenology, “the participants’ existence and relation to the world around the philosopher is also accounted, to provide more clarity about a phenomena for the philosopher, and more practical applications of the approach to a wider range of scenarios to which phenomenology might be applied.” ( Sloan and Bowe, 2014)

10. As a methodology, descriptive and hermeneutic phenomenologies also vary significantly: In Descriptive phenomenology, Has a technique called “ bracketing off” Its focus is the correlation of the noema ( the “what” ) of experience and the noesis ( how it is experienced) If the phenomena was identified or analyzed, descriptive phenomenology considers its work done. The researcher can do whatever she/he wants with the outcomes

11. In Hermeneutic phenomenology, Has approaches that recommend to the researchers to interpret the meanings found in relation to phenomena Suggest the analysis of text to find these meanings and allow interpretation It’s focus is on understanding the meaning of experience Prefers not to formalize an analytical method

12. According to Van Manen , to apply the hermeneutic phenomenology, a researcher has to apply the skill of reading texts, such as the text of transcripts, that is, the spoken accounts of personal experience. These spoken accounts are what Manen referred to a “ isolating themes”. These isolating themes can be views as written interpretation of live experienced.

13. Using Manen’s words, Sloan and Bowe notes that any application of hermeneutic phenomenology requires examination of text, to reflect on its content to discover something meaningful.

14. Descriptive and Hermeneutic phenomenology also differ in terms of the role of reflexivity. Reflexivity is a “ person’s reflection upon or examination of a situation or experience. It can help in interpreting the meanings discovered, or add value to those types of interpretation. This describe the process in which researchers are conscious of and reflective about the ways in which their questions, methods, and subject position might impact on the data or the psychological knowledge produced in a study. ( Sloan and Bowe, 2014)

15. Reflexivity in hermeneutic phenomenology is where the researchers uses empathy or relevant prior experience as an aid to data analysis and/or interpretation of meanings while in Descriptive Phenomenology, reflexivity has no place. It is antithesis to the principle of bracketing out influences on the phenomena.

16. The influence of descriptive phenomenology and hermeneutic phenomenology is visible within the field of qualitative investigate methods. However, hermeneutic or interpretive phenomenology is more prominent being listed as one of various qualitative methodologies of the social sciences. It is also applied to many sorts of qualitative studies in the human sciences.

17. Tan et al., (2009, 2) noted the application or use of hermeneutic phenomenology in recent years in various applied disciplines such a nursing, social work, mental health, and in the study of the experience of hope and grief.

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