Les Todres
Embodied interpretation: a novel way of evocatively re-presenting meanings in phenomenological research
Todres, Les; Galvin, Kathleen T.
Authors
Kathleen T. Galvin
Abstract
This article contributes to a growing trend in articulating an aesthetic phenomenology that exercises more evocative and poetic forms of writing. Our task is to give ontological weight to our common humanity, thereby facilitating experiences of recognition and 'homecoming'. This developing trend could benefit from Gendlin's philosophy of the body and his practice of 'focusing', which finds words that carry forward the textural dimensions of experience. We apply this practice of embodied interpretation to research about caring for a lifelong partner with Alzheimer's disease. We conclude that the value of embodied interpretation is that it serves the kind of knowledge that is particularly important in human sciences - it provides understandings that live in ways that touch both 'head' and 'heart'. © 2008 SAGE Publications.
Citation
Todres, L., & Galvin, K. T. (2008). Embodied interpretation: a novel way of evocatively re-presenting meanings in phenomenological research. Qualitative Research, 8(5), 568-583. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794108094866
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 1, 2008 |
Publication Date | Nov 10, 2008 |
Deposit Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
Journal | Qualitative Research |
Print ISSN | 1468-7941 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 568-583 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/1468794108094866 |
Keywords | History and Philosophy of Science; Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/469228 |
Publisher URL | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1468794108094866 |
Contract Date | Nov 13, 2014 |
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