Phenomenography in the 21st Century : A Methodology for Investigating Human Experience of the World.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Åkerlind, Gerlese S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anthropology--Methodology.

Anthropology.

Phenomenological anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, 2025.

Summary:

Phenomenography offers a distinctive approach to studying human experience of the world, by highlighting different ways in which the same phenomena (concepts, objects, events) are experienced within any group of people. Phenomenography focuses on the relationship between meaning-people's holistic understanding of phenomena-and structure, that is the part-whole structure of people's awareness of phenomena. This structure of awareness then forms the basis for identifying differences in the experienced meaning of phenomena, and how awareness needs to change to allow new meanings to emerge-whether educationally, historically, culturally or socially. Over its 50-year history, there have been substantial advancements in the methods and theoretical assumptions underlying phenomenographic research, but these developments are not always recognised. This book details how the 21st-century practice of phenomenography differs from its earlier iterations, emphasising that earlier works can be misleading when used to justify current research practices. Phenomenography is a developing, not static, approach to social science research, and this book introduces further methodological and theoretical extensions to the research. Although most commonly used in educational research, the potential of phenomenography to contribute to research in other social science disciplines is increasingly being recognised and is further emphasised in this book. In this way, this book is not only essential reading for doctoral students, but will also be of interest to those already experienced in phenomenography, and to social science researchers within and outside the field of education.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction to phenomenography and the aims of this book

2. Developments in phenomenography over time: From a research 'approach' to a 'methodology'

3. Variation in understandings of phenomenography

4. Variation in understandings of structural relationships in phenomenography

5. Epistemological assumptions in phenomenography: Implications for methods

6. Study design, data gathering and the phenomenographic interview

7. Analysing data and reporting research outcomes

8. Adding further structure to the outcome space: Structural relationships between dimensions of variation

9. Phenomenography and variation theory: The development of complementary traditions

10. Phenomenography and collective awareness: The potential of phenomenography to contribute to the broader social sciences.

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ISBN:

9781805114277

1805114271

OCLC:

1499401307