Obtaining individual narratives and moving to an intersubjective lived-experience description

A Way of Doing Phenomenology

Bibliographic Data

ID2404032
AuthorsJamie Ranse (0000-0002-5265-6365, Menzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Australia, corresponding author), Paul Arbon (0000-0002-5914-3300, Torrens Resilience Institute, Flinders University, Australia), Lynette Cusack (0000-0003-1268-297X, Adelaide Nursing School, The University of Adelaide, Australia), Ramon Z Shaban (0000-0002-5203-0557, The University of Sydney), Daniel Nicholls (0000-0001-7864-7582, Western Sydney University)
Year2020
Volume20
Issue6
Pages945-959
Publication date2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7941 • E-ISSN: 1741-3109
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1468794120905988
OpenAlexW3008366204
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

In this paper, the authors describe a way of doing phenomenology using exemplars drawn from a doctoral study of Australian nurses' lived experiences following a disaster. Phenomenology is concerned with the essence of things as they are appearing in the conscious awareness of the first person. This paper emphasises a way of doing phenomenology based on maintaining orientation to the uniqueness of the 'thingness' of the phenomena being uncovered. While there is no one way to do phenomenology, this paper shows a way of doing phenomenology from obtaining individual narrative and moving to an intersubjective lived-experience description

Consciousness · Epistemology · Linguistics · Lived experience · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Representations and Identity

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