Field-based Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
Field-based Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (Field IPA) extends standard IPA by embedding data collection within naturalistic field settings. Rather than relying solely on retrospective interviews conducted away from the site of experience, the researcher enters the actual environment — a classroom, clinic, workplace, or community space — to gather field observations, artefacts, and in-context conversations alongside in-depth interviews. This produces a richer, more situated account of how participants make sense of their lived experience in the moment and place in which it unfolds.
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- Smith, J. A., Flowers, P., & Larkin, M. (2009). Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis: Theory, Method and Research. Sage. · ISBN 978-1412908344
- Delamont, S., & Atkinson, P. (2019). Ethnography and interpretive phenomenological analysis: Compatible or incompatible methodologies? Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(1), 1–15. · URL
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