Open AccessWriting the in-between spaces: Discovering Hermeneutic-Phenomenological seeing in Dadaabi Refugee Camp, Kenya
Author(s) -
Wills Kalisha
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
phenomenology and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1913-4711
DOI - 10.29173/pandpr25362
Subject(s) - clarity , phenomenology (philosophy) , hermeneutic phenomenology , field (mathematics) , sociology , refugee , epistemology , meaning (existential) , interpretative phenomenological analysis , pedagogy , aesthetics , qualitative research , psychology , lived experience , social science , psychoanalysis , political science , philosophy , law , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , pure mathematics
In this paper, I explore my journey of discovering the meaning of pedagogy and phenomenology as a research methodology while doing my master’s thesis. Like new researchers in any field, we have a journey that we travel which is often marked with uncertainty and a lack of clarity, especially with regard to methodological considerations. I describe what seeing pedagogy entails for me as I write phenomenologically. I also outline the difficulties and tensions present as I weave my way into writing. I use personal examples of struggles that I encountered in the writing process that are characteristic of phenomenological methodology.