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	Interpretiv forskning om livshistoria	Fenomenologi
Ämnesområde	Kvalitativa metoder	Kvalitativa metoder
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	1920s–1980s (Chicago School origins; interpretive turn 1980s–1990s)	Early 20th century (Husserl ~1900–1913; Heidegger ~1927)
Upphovsperson	Daniel Bertaux; Allison Cole & J. Gary Knowles (interpretive tradition)	Edmund Husserl (transcendental); Martin Heidegger (hermeneutic)
Typ	Qualitative interpretive research design	Qualitative research approach
Ursprungskälla	Cole, A. L., & Knowles, J. G. (2001). Lives in Context: The Art of Life History Research. AltaMira Press. ISBN: 978-0759101302	Moustakas, C. (1994). Phenomenological Research Methods. Sage. ISBN: 978-0803957466
Alias	life history method, interpretive biographical method, life history inquiry, lived-life narrative research	Fenomenoloji, phenomenological inquiry, phenomenological analysis
Närliggande	6	6
Sammanfattning	Interpretive life history research is a qualitative design in which the researcher and participant collaboratively construct a detailed account of the participant's entire life course — or a significant portion of it — and then interpret that account to understand how identity, context, and meaning-making unfold over time. Grounded in an interpretive epistemology, it treats the narrator's life story not as a neutral record of facts but as a meaning-laden construction shaped by culture, social position, and lived experience.	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.