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	Istraživanje životne povijesti	Fenomenologija
Područje	Kvalitativno	Kvalitativno
Obitelj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Godina nastanka	Early 20th century (Thomas & Znaniecki 1918–1920); systematised as interview method in the 1990s	Early 20th century (Husserl ~1900–1913; Heidegger ~1927)
Tvorac	William I. Thomas and Florian Znaniecki (sociological tradition); Robert Atkinson (interview method)	Edmund Husserl (transcendental); Martin Heidegger (hermeneutic)
Vrsta	Qualitative research method	Qualitative research approach
Temeljni izvor	Atkinson, R. (1998). The Life Story Interview. Sage. ISBN: 978-0761904496	Moustakas, C. (1994). Phenomenological Research Methods. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803957466
Drugi nazivi	life history method, life-history interview, biographical research, personal narrative research	Fenomenoloji, phenomenological inquiry, phenomenological analysis
Srodne	6	6
Sažetak	Life history research is a qualitative method that captures the full arc of an individual's life — or a significant portion of it — through extended biographical interviewing and analysis of personal documents. Rooted in early Chicago School sociology, the method treats each life story as a window into broader social, cultural, and historical forces. The researcher and participant co-construct a narrative account that illuminates how personal experience is shaped by, and in turn shapes, wider social structures and processes.	Phenomenology is a qualitative research approach that investigates how participants live through and make sense of a specific experience. Rooted in the philosophy of Edmund Husserl and extended by Martin Heidegger, it aims to reveal the essential structures of lived experience rather than to measure or predict outcomes. The two most widely applied variants are Husserl's transcendental phenomenology, which seeks universal essences, and Heidegger's hermeneutic phenomenology, which emphasises interpretation within context.