Getting it quite wrong: Van Manen and Smith on Phenomenology
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Getting it quite wrong : Van Manen and Smith on Phenomenology. / Zahavi, Dan.
In: Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 29, No. 6, 2019, p. 900-907.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Getting it quite wrong
T2 - Van Manen and Smith on Phenomenology
AU - Zahavi, Dan
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Max van Manen and Jonathan Smith have recently had an exchange in Qualitative Health Research concerning their respective use of phenomenology. I welcome the attempt to get clearer on what phenomenology amounts to and I agree with van Manen that an overly arbitrary use of the term will lead to an erosion of the reputation of phenomenology. However, I think both of them are to blame for promoting various confusions concerning the nature of phenomenology. The aim of my article is to make some critical remarks concerning van Manen’s and Smith’s understanding of phenomenology and to suggest alternative resources for qualitative researchers interested in phenomenology
AB - Max van Manen and Jonathan Smith have recently had an exchange in Qualitative Health Research concerning their respective use of phenomenology. I welcome the attempt to get clearer on what phenomenology amounts to and I agree with van Manen that an overly arbitrary use of the term will lead to an erosion of the reputation of phenomenology. However, I think both of them are to blame for promoting various confusions concerning the nature of phenomenology. The aim of my article is to make some critical remarks concerning van Manen’s and Smith’s understanding of phenomenology and to suggest alternative resources for qualitative researchers interested in phenomenology
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - phenomenology
KW - research strategies
KW - methodology
KW - theory development
KW - research evaluation
KW - qualitative
U2 - 10.1177/1049732318817547
DO - 10.1177/1049732318817547
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30565516
VL - 29
SP - 900
EP - 907
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
SN - 1049-7323
IS - 6
ER -
ID: 209416482