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Phenomenological Research

Phenomenological research is a qualitative methodology focused on understanding the lived experience of a phenomenon as it is experienced by individuals. Rooted in the philosophical traditions of Edmund Husserl (descriptive phenomenology) and Martin Heidegger (interpretive phenomenology), this approach seeks to uncover the essential structures and meanings of human experience.

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Sources

  1. Husserl, E. (1931). Cartesian meditations: An introduction to phenomenology (D. Cairns, Trans.). Martinus Nijhoff. link
  2. Heidegger, M. (1962). Being and time (J. Macquarrie & E. Robinson, Trans.). Harper & Row. link
  3. van Manen, M. (1990). Researching lived experience: Human science for an action sensitive pedagogy. The State University of New York Press. link

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