Doing Hermeneutic Phenomenological Research: A Practical Guide

✍ Scribed by Lesley Dibley, Suzanne Dickerson, Mel Duffy, Roxanne Vandermause

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 231
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This practical guide offers an approachable introduction to doing hermeneutic phenomenological research across the health and social sciences. Grounded in real world research, it integrates philosophy, methodology and method in accessible ways, helping you realize the potential of using phenomenology to guide research.

The book maps the complete research process and shows how to apply key philosophical tenets to your project, demonstrating the close relationship between philosophy and research practice. It:

• Shows step-by-step how to translate philosophy into research methodology and turn methodology into robust research design
• Focuses on applied practice, illustrating theoretical discussions with examples and case studies
• Promotes advanced thinking about hermeneutic phenomenology in an easy to understand way
• Highlights the need for researchers to engage reflexively with the whole research process.

✦ Table of Contents

Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of Figures, Tables and Explanatory Boxes
About the Authors
Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Philosophy and Thinking
1: Philosophical Perspectives
Phenomenology
Edmund Husserl (1859–1938)
Hermeneutics
Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002)
Further Resources
2: Coming to Thinking
Martin Heidegger (1889–1976)
Hermeneutic Phenomenology
Key Heideggerian Ideas
Dasein
Thrownness
Ready-at-hand/unready-at-hand
Authenticity
Technology
Language
Time
Being-toward-death
Key Gadamerian Ideas
Fusion of horizons
Art
Other Interpretive Phenomenological Approaches
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Critical approaches
Part I Summary
Part II: Designing the Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study
3: Literature Review and Refining the Hermeneutic Question
The Essential Purpose of the Literature Search and Review
Developing the Literature Review Question
Identifying search terms
Limiters
Demonstrating thoroughness
Critiquing the selected literature
How the Literature Search and Review Differ in Hermeneutic Phenomenology
The Researcher as the Source of the Question
Developing and Refining the Research Question
Beyond the Research Question
4: Population and Sampling
Situatedness
Situatedness and Access to a Study Population
Participant Source, Population and Sampling
Sampling Method
Sample Size
The Overall Purpose of the Research
The relationship between Rarity of Topic and Sample Size
The depth and Completeness of Data being Collected
The Method of Analysis being Used
Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
Further Resources
5: Being Ethical
Philosophical Underpinnings
Being an Ethical Researcher
Ethical Considerations Throughout a Hermeneutic Study
The ethics of research competency
The ethics of who we are as-researcher
Insider versus outsider research
Recruiting participants
Gatekeeping
Respecting participants’ space
Anonymity and confidentiality
Being vulnerable
Being an ethical hermeneutic researcher
Further Resources
Part II Summary
Part III: Conducting Hermeneutic Phenomenology
6: Data Collection and Management
Philosophical Underpinnings
Pre-understanding
Data Collection
Interview guide
Distinctions of hermeneutic interviewing
Setting the tone of the research
Using incomplete sentences
Looking for assent
Returning the participant to the story
Pitfalls
Field notes
Number of interviews
Other Data Forms
Photo elicitation
Data Management
Transcription, de-identification and storage
Using qualitative data management software
Further Resources
7: Data Analysis and Interpretation
Philosophical Underpinnings of Heidegger and Gadamer
Identifying the Phenomenon of Interest
Uncovering Pre-Understanding
Preparing for the Interpretation with a Hermeneutic Stance
Challenges Facing the Novice
Enacting Interpretation of Texts
Starting with transcribing interviews
Beginning phase of interpretation
Dwelling with the data
Bubbling up
Hermeneutic circle and converging conversations
Fusion of horizons
Producing an output
Alternative Approaches to Analysis
Analytical Teams of Diekelmann and Ironside
Patricia Benner’s interpretive phenomenology
Elizabeth Smythe’s crafting stories
Further Resources
8: Reflexivity and Rigour
Prejudice
Reflexivity throughout the Research Process
The research idea
The literature search and the research question
Recruiting study participants
Data collection
Data analysis
Co-Constitution
Co-constitution in data collection
Co-constitution in analysis
The Role of Rigour
Validity, reliability and generalisability
Trustworthiness, credibility, dependability, confirmability and transferability
Rigour in hermeneutic phenomenological research
Further Resources
9: Writing and Dissemination
Writing as Process and Product
Presenting hermeneutic findings
Presenting the experience of others
Seeking dissemination venues
Working with reviewers
Further Resources 
Part III Summary
Part IV: Personal Entrées into Hermeneutic Phenomenology
Coming to Thinking
Dr Lesley Dibley
First encounters with phenomenology
Engaging with the thinking of hermeneutic phenomenology
Key hermeneutic thinking for me
Bibliography
Professor Suzanne Dickerson
Encountering hermeneutic phenomenology as a research methodology
Engaging in the thinking
My studies
Key hermeneutic thinking for me
Bibliography
Dr Mel Duffy
Initial toe dipping
Finding my tribe
Studies undertaken
Bibliography
Professor Roxanne Vandermause
Bibliography
Part IV Summary
References
Index