Sven Bjerstedt
Professor
Qualitative inquiry, reflective practice and jazz improvisation
Författare
Summary, in English
This paper, based on my PhD empirical study, suggests that qualitative investigations, seen as reflective practices, have much in common with – and probably much to learn from – jazz improvisational practices. The complex processes of hermeneutic understanding include laying bare the researcher’s pre-understanding as well as, in the interpretation of statements, the dynamics between their holistic coherence and the agent’s intentions. Through interview excerpts, the important phenomenon of breaks in the conversational flow is shown to have great signficance to qualitative inquiry as a reflective practice, pointing to improvisational practices as relevant providers of solutions to the problematic dynamics of understanding, pre-understanding, self-understanding and misunderstanding.
Avdelning/ar
- Teaterhögskolan i Malmö
Publiceringsår
2015
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
218-229
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Reflective Practice
Volym
16
Issue
2
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Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Routledge
Ämne
- Performing Arts
Nyckelord
- improvisation
- jazz
- qualitative inquiry
- reflective practice
- knowledge construction
Aktiv
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1462-3943