A Qualitative Research Method to Explore Meaning-Making Processes in Cultural Psychology

In this article, we introduce developmentally oriented thematic analysis (DOTA) as a possibility to study the process-oriented aspects of qualitative data analysis when undertaking the intra- and inter-individual analysis of case studies. We describe the main methodological considerations of this ap...

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Main Authors: Olga V. Lehmann, Kyoko Murakami, Sven Hroar Klempe
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Language:deu
Published: FQS 2019-05-01
Series:Forum: Qualitative Social Research
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Online Access:http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3190
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description In this article, we introduce developmentally oriented thematic analysis (DOTA) as a possibility to study the process-oriented aspects of qualitative data analysis when undertaking the intra- and inter-individual analysis of case studies. We describe the main methodological considerations of this approach as a method to study the multi-layered nature of affective processes, which can recall both experiential and existential layers of meaning-making. We do so by analyzing the diary entries of study participants who attended a course taught at a Norwegian university and who used journals to reflect upon their experiences in class, such as the "silent time" they embraced each morning. Process-oriented narratives give account of the coexistent directionalities of higher psychological functions, and the degrees of differentiation or undifferentiation of the affective processes involved in them. One aspect that facilitated such amplification of the multiple layers of affective processes was the focus on silence-phenomena, due to the contrast they induce, and the way in which they promote attentional shifts.
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spelling doaj.art-30c5a091a5354da4847eb34b58cf2df52022-12-22T00:38:42ZdeuFQSForum: Qualitative Social Research1438-56272019-05-0120210.17169/fqs-20.2.31902008A Qualitative Research Method to Explore Meaning-Making Processes in Cultural PsychologyOlga V. Lehmann0Kyoko Murakami1Sven Hroar Klempe2NTNU Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyUniversity of BathNTNU Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyIn this article, we introduce developmentally oriented thematic analysis (DOTA) as a possibility to study the process-oriented aspects of qualitative data analysis when undertaking the intra- and inter-individual analysis of case studies. We describe the main methodological considerations of this approach as a method to study the multi-layered nature of affective processes, which can recall both experiential and existential layers of meaning-making. We do so by analyzing the diary entries of study participants who attended a course taught at a Norwegian university and who used journals to reflect upon their experiences in class, such as the "silent time" they embraced each morning. Process-oriented narratives give account of the coexistent directionalities of higher psychological functions, and the degrees of differentiation or undifferentiation of the affective processes involved in them. One aspect that facilitated such amplification of the multiple layers of affective processes was the focus on silence-phenomena, due to the contrast they induce, and the way in which they promote attentional shifts.http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3190affectmeaning-makingmicro genesisthematic analysisprocesscultural psychology
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meaning-making
micro genesis
thematic analysis
process
cultural psychology
title A Qualitative Research Method to Explore Meaning-Making Processes in Cultural Psychology
title_full A Qualitative Research Method to Explore Meaning-Making Processes in Cultural Psychology
title_fullStr A Qualitative Research Method to Explore Meaning-Making Processes in Cultural Psychology
title_full_unstemmed A Qualitative Research Method to Explore Meaning-Making Processes in Cultural Psychology
title_short A Qualitative Research Method to Explore Meaning-Making Processes in Cultural Psychology
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meaning-making
micro genesis
thematic analysis
process
cultural psychology
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