SOAN 3070 Chapter Notes - Chapter week 1: Hermeneutic Circle
5 Feb 2016
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Originally an approach used for the interpretation of ancient and biblical texts. Hermeneutics reveals the mediated processes of all human understanding; qualitative research is concerned with the same project. Furthermore, hermeneutics questions the limitations of positivist approaches to research. Understanding hermeneutics and critical hermeneutics can potentially enrich and deepen the conceptual foundations of research undertaken from a qualitative perspective sometimes criticized for its conceptually elusive nature. Five characteristics of a hermeneutic approach: seeks understanding rather than explanation, acknowledges the situated location of interpretation, recognizes the role of language and historicity in interpretation, views inquiry as conversation, is comfortable with ambiguity.
