Expanding hermeneutic horizons: Working as multiple researchers and with multiple participants

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Montague, Jane, Phillips, Elly, Holland, Fiona and Archer, Stephanie 2020. Expanding hermeneutic horizons: Working as multiple researchers and with multiple participants. Journal of Research Methods in Medicine and Health Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1177/2632084320947571
AuthorsMontague, Jane, Phillips, Elly, Holland, Fiona and Archer, Stephanie
Abstract

The double hermeneutic is a central feature of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). Typically, this has been considered in relation to individual researchers working with experiential accounts from individual participants. IPA has, however, frequently been applied by multiple researchers; a further layer of complexity occurs when individual or multiple researchers analyse data from group interactions. Little attention has been paid to hermeneutic considerations in these contexts. We present insights into our encounters with multiple hermeneutics as well as our application of the hermeneutic circle; we also consider implications for IPA research. Our multi-vocal approach to analysis requires us to work in a much more integrative manner than is generally represented in IPA literature. Explicitly attending to multiple hermeneutics in focus group situations provides additional insights into the social and cultural contexts within which participants’ experiences exist. This article discusses how the inclusion of multiple hermeneutics adds richness and robustness to IPA.

Keywordsdouble hermeneutic, hermeneutic circle, multiple hermeneutics, research relationships, multiple researchers, multiple participants
Year2020
JournalJournal of Research Methods in Medicine and Health Sciences
PublisherSAGE Publications
ISSN2632-0843
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1177/2632084320947571
Web address (URL)http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625144
hdl:10545/625144
Publication dates10 Aug 2020
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Accepted27 Jul 2020
ContributorsUniversity of Derby and University of Cambridge
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