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“The Lived Experience”
experience
Two Types of Phenomenology
Hermeneutic Transcendental
- Researcher interprets - Focuses on people’s
text (blogs, stories, meaning of a lived
tweets, etc.) experience
Lived Experiences
So what exactly is phenomenological research?
Phenomenological
Research
A QUALITATIVE APPROACH TO RESEARCH
Shannon’s Words:
“Time being spent as opposed to stuff being
purchased.”
Shelly’s Words:
“Telling my experiences through a lens without
biases”
Reena’s Words:
“Phenomenology is the lived experiences of
individuals regarding a certain phenomenon”
Phenomenological Research
Alfred Shultz
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Key Points
● Participants as "co-researchers",
● Be as non-directive as possible in your instructions
● In order to abstract out the themes
○ Themes are essential aspects "without which the
experience would not have been the same"
Two Types of Themes
● BRACKETING:
○ when the inquiry is performed from the
perspective of the researcher
Challenges