Phenomenology-informed Research - Enhancing PhD research through phenomenology (3op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Tavoitteet

After successful completion of the course, the doctoral candidate is able to:
- comprehend the main features of the phenomenological method
- perceive how to apply the principles of phenomenology (first methodological principle and principle of principles)
- be aware of differences between natural and phenomenological attitudes

Toteutustavat

The course includes seminar days. Pre-readings will be available on Moodle before the course, along with a pre-assigment.

Suoritustavat

Active participation, related literature, learning journal or essay.

Sisältö

The content of the course focuses on applying the phenomenological method

Aika ja paikka

This course will take place form January 29 to February 9.

The course is distributed in 8 sessions as follows:

Monday, January 29, from 9 am to 4 pm
Tuesday, January 30, from 9 am to 4 pm
Wednesday, January 31, from 9 am to 3 pm (+ 3pm to 4pm for individual consultations)
Thursday, February 1, from 9 am to 3 pm (+ 3pm to 4pm for individual consultations)

Tuesday, February 6, from 9 am to 4 pm
Wednesday, February 7, from 9 am to 4 pm
Thursday, February 8, from 9 am to 4 pm
Friday, February 9, from 9 am to 4 pm

After these two weeks, a certain number of one-tow-one sessions online will be offered.

Oppimateriaalit

In order to acquire some basic notions before the course begin and to be able to realize the pre-assignment (see below), the following readings are recommend:

 

Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception. Abingdon, New York: Routledge, 2006. Preface (pages vii-xxiv)

 

Dan Zahavi, Phenomenology. Abingdon, New York: Routledge, 2019.

Introduction and Part 1: Foundational Issues (pages 1 to 69)

 

Max van Manen, Phenomenology of Practice, Abingdon, New York: Routledge, 2014.

Chapter 9 (pages 240-296) and chapter 13 (pages 357-374)

 

Alex Arteaga, Emma Cocker, Erika Goble and Juha Himanka, Practices of Phenomenological and Artistic Research, Phenomenology & Practice, 1, 17 (Special Issue), 2022. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/pandpr/index.php/pandpr/issue/view/1951

Opetusmenetelmät

The goal of this course is to expand and enrich the research methodology of the participant's PhD projects by introducing processes and practices of phenomenological research. To this purpose, the basic concepts of phenomenology will be clarified, the fundamental aspects of phenomenological research will be explained, and new research methods will be develop and tried out by the participants according to characteristics and requirements of their own PhD projects.

This is a practical course. Philosophical ideas and theories will be only tackled to support specific ways of doing research.

Phenomenology is a field of research that proposes to address the objects of research as phenomena, that is, as they appear in the own experience of the researcher or other peers involved. Phenomenology-informed research mobilizes the reflective agency of subjectivity not in order to substitute objectivity but instead to provide a more solid basis for the processes of objectification. In this sense, this course aims at complementing scientific, artistic and design-led research methods with phenomenology-informed processes.

Without any doubt, please feel free to contact Alex Arteaga (alex.arteaga@uniarts.fi)

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

This course includes two mandatory assignments:

1. Pre-assignment
Based on some of the preparatory readings, this pre-assignment consist in a short description of the possible commonalities between the own PhD research methodology and the phenomenological ideas and practices. This pre-assignment addresses and gives a first answer to this question: How do I think that phenomenology can enhance my own process of research?

This pre-assignment is due by January 15.

2. Final assignment
Based on the whole course, this final assignment addresses two consecutive questions. The first is this: Am I going to incorporate phenomenological practices to my research methodology? If the answer is positive, the second question is a twofold: Which phenomenological practices am I thinking to incorporate in my research and why? If the answer to the first question is negative, the second question is this: For which reason do I think that phenomenology-informed practices are not suitable to my research?

This final assignment is due by February 19

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

5–1/fail

Esitietovaatimukset

The course is targeted primarily to doctoral researchers at the University of Lapland.