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R U T H

G D A G
D A

HERMENEUTIC
PHENOMENOLOGY
WHAT IS HERMENEUTIC
PHENOMENOLOGY?

Hermeneutic phenomenology is a method of It is focused on the subjective experience of


theoretical reflection on the basic structures of individuals and groups. It is an attempt to
the lived experience of human existence. unveil the world as experienced by the subject
through their lifeworld stories.
It studies interpretive structures of
experience, how we understand and The term originates from an ancient Greek term
engage things around us in our human ἑρμηνεύς / hermeneus which was later
world, including ourselves and others. translated into Latin interpretari which means
(Woodruff, 2008) interpret
Husserl, Heidegger and Gadamer sought to
uncover the life world or human experience hermeneutics and interpretation mean the same
as it is lived (Laverty 2003) thing: to say or utter to, explain to, translate
WHAT IS HERMENEUTIC
PHENOMENOLOGY?
HERMENEUTIC PHENOMENOLOGY

It studies experience and how we perceive reality,


It originated from biblical studies; defined as the which according to its proponents, consists of objects
understanding and analysis of biblical interpretation. and events (phenomena) as perceived by human
consciousness.
It is a study of literary texts, scholars frequently
Human experience includes processes such as
adhere to a set of rules or a specific system on which
imagination, thought, and feeling. It focuses
to base their interpretation.
on how people attribute meaning to and make sense of
their social interactions.
It is the art of understanding and interpretation of
verbal or non-verbal expressions as well as prior Edmund Husserl view typical activities in everyday life
aspects that influence communication, including as veritable mines of social and cultural information
presuppositions, assumptions, the meaning and about human consciousness and human societies.
philosophy of language.
PURPOSE

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The purpose of hermeneutic


The basic tenet of hermeneutic phenomenological research is to bring to
phenomenology is that our most We are involved in our world and light and reflect upon the lived meaning
immediately experience our world as of this basic experience.
fundamental and basic
meaningful because our world—with its
experience of the world is
other people, its histories and cultures, Researchers attempt to describe
already full of meaning
and its events—precedes any attempt phenomena as they appear in everyday
(Merleau-Ponty, 1962/ 2006; life before they have been theorized,
on our part to understand it or explain it.
van Manen, 2014). interpreted, explained, and otherwise
abstracted while knowing that any
attempt to do this is always tentative,
contingent, and never complete.
EXAMPLES
of Hermeneutical Phenomenology

The diary of Anne Frank.


A group of people or friends experience a
"Those who have courage and faith shall After watching a 2-hour movie with memorable event together, a later point in
never perish in misery." friends, we may not all share the same time, a separate event occurs which
"As long as this exists, this sunshine and reminds one of them of their previous
this cloudless sky, and as long as I can opinion of that movie.
enjoy it, how can I be sad?" shared experience. (Inside jokes)

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