Elucidating the meaning of life world phenomena : A phenomenological hermeneutical method for researching lived experience

• In this paper, a phenomenological hermeneutical method for interpreting narrativetexts is proposed. Interviewees are asked to tell from their lived experience of participatingin life world phenomena. The interview texts are written down and analysed,inspired by the theory of interpretation of Paul Ricoeur, in three steps: a first,naïve reading, structural analysis and comprehensive understanding. The methodwas presented the first time in 2004. In this paper, the theory behind it is elaborated.Basic concepts like phenomenon, meaning, life world, lived experience and concretereflection are clarified, and the historical background of the method and its ontology,epistemology and methodology are explained.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Public Health

Environmental and Occupational Health

concrete reflection

life world

lived experience

method

phenomenological hermeneutics

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)