Is it or Isn´t it? Discussions on taking a phenomenological approach

Noen nybegynnerforskere blir skremt av tanken på fenomenologi. Andre hevder at de gjennomfører en fenomenologisk studie, men har ikke forstått kompleksiteten og kraften i denne tilnærmingen. Prof. Sarah Hean fra Institutt for sosialt arbeid ved Universitetet i Stavanger snakker med Dr. Eden Begna Gobena om hennes nylig fullførte doktorgrad om den levde erfaringen av morskap etter fengsel i Etiopia, og hvorfor og hvordan fenomenologi var tilnærmingen hun følte passet best for prosjektet hennes. 

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Some novice researchers are intimidated by the thought of phenomenology.  Others claim they are conducting a phenomenological study but have failed to grasp the complexity and power of this approach. Prof Sarah Hean from the Institute of Social Work, University of Stavanger, talks to Dr Eden Begna Gobena about her recently completed PhD on the Lived Experience of Motherhood after Prison in Ethiopia and why and how phenomenology was the approach she felt best suited her project.  

 

EXTRA READING  

 

  • Giorgi, A. (2009). The descriptive phenomenological method in psychology: A modified Husserlian approach. Duquesne University Press. 
  • Heaslip, V., 2015. Experience of vulnerability from a gypsy/travelling perspective: a phenomenological study. Doctoral Thesis (Doctoral). Bournemouth University. https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/21789/ 

CONTRIBUTORS AND CREDITS  

  
Content:  

Eden Begna Gobena, University of Stavanger, Norway  

Sarah Hean University of Stavanger, Norway  

 

Editors:  
Sarah Hean University of Stavanger, Norway 

Wenche Hovland University of Stavanger, Norway