WEEK 4 - PHENOMENOLOGY

Question 1

MOMMY ENERGY

what is phenomenology

Answer 1

focus on understanding human experince or lived experience of people

Question 2

purpose of phenomenology

Answer 2

seeks to make sense of peoples experience - how phenomenon is perceived - felt, judged and remebered, made sense of anf spoken about

Question 3

how can you capture phenomenon?

Answer 3

in depth interviews

Question 4

is phenomenology a positivist assumption?

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

what is bracketing?

Answer 5

• bracketing used to expose biases and assumptions
• assumption that researchers can seperate personal knowledge about a topic from their experience

Question 6

DIH = DIE

phenomenological methods

Answer 6

1. Descriptive - to provide rich and detail description
2. Interpretive - move from description towards understanding and searching for relationship (lonely ass)
3. Hermenutics - focus on interpreting a phenomenon or meaning making

Question 7

I Ate Dusty Rats

Phenomenological reduction or bracketing steps

Answer 7

Intuiting - remain open to meanings attributed to phenomenon by those who have experienced it (basically just listening and shutting the fuck up)
Analyzing - extracting significant statement, making sense of the meanings and reporting themes (psychoanalyzing someone after you stfu)
Describing - occurs when researches comes to understand and define the phenomenon
Reflexivity - bracketing achieved through journaling of ones own conceptions (you wanna talk, write it instead but still do stfu)

Question 8

remember DIH=DIE, were talking about I

Interpretive phenomenology

Answer 8

• here you actually dont stfu
• youre trying to fill in the gaps of knowledge you have (which is not a lot) with the other person so there is no bracketing
• more on human experience through personal preconception to understand key meanings

Question 9

Hermeneutic circle

Answer 9

• interpretation is not a linear process
• a back and forth iterative movement
• understanding enhance through interactive process

Question 10

Descriptive or phenomenon?
1.decribe the nature of a phenomenon
2.to interpret/ understang meaning of a phenomenon
3.nature of experience
4.meaning of experience
5.no bracketing
6.bracketing

Answer 10

1. descriptive
2. interpretive
3. descriptive
4. interpretive
5. interpretive
6. descriptive

Question 11

ISDDD

Process of conducting a phenomenological research

Answer 11

Identifying a phenomenon of interest –> structuring the study —> data gathering —> data analysis —> describing finding

Question 12

ISDDD

Identifying a phenomenon

Answer 12

• people who have firsthand experience of an event/situation
• issues common to everyday exstance of people
• centered on live experience as starting point of the research

Question 13

ISDDD

Structure of the study

Answer 13

• guided by question that relates to human experience
• bracketing used - set aside personal biases when engaging with participants, allows to pursue interest of participants
• identify personal biases about phenomenon of interest
• clarifying and documenting personal experince and beliefs

Question 14

sample to begin with

Answer 14

usually small - 3-8 people

Question 15

ISDDD

data gathering

Answer 15

• oral data, in depth conversation
• open ended questions to guide participants
• researcher probes for clarification and insight - transcript or written records can be clarified with researcher
• data saturation - guide decision when not enough data is collected

Question 16

ISDDD

data analysis

Answer 16

• begins with data collection
• coding - identifying shift of participants by highlighting significant phrases in participant story
• distilling of each significant phrase to express central meaning
• grouping segments with similar central meaning
• final synthesis of essences described the lived experience

Question 17

Which of the following best describes people who have rich experiences of
the culture being studied?

Answer 17

key informants

Question 18

The process referred to as constant comparison involves comparing:

Answer 18

data from one participant against data from others for similarities and differences

Question 19

Arrange in order: process of conducting a phenomenological approach
1. data gathering
2. decribing findings
3. structuring the study
4. data analysis
5. identifying a phenemenon of interest

Answer 19

5-3-1-4-2