Methodology 2/3

Karey Pohn

3 min

A Few Facts About Fiction

The word fiction means “made up,” “a story put together.” The English word is derived from the Latin facere and fingere and the two Indo-Eur

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6 min

Excursion into Essay

The essay dates back to the mid 16th Century when Montaigne coined the term and originated the form. Lopate (1994) traces its history and ch

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5 min

Artistic Method

Artistic Dissertations

The Artistic Dissertation, as a depth psychological method, has been used previously by Montgomery (2002), Denney (2002), and Davin (2004),

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4 min

Phenomenology

Metabletics

Metabletics, the “theory of changes,” is van den Berg’s (1961) method of phenomenology.

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2 min

Phenomenology

A Fidelity to Things

Phenomenology, in its faithfulness to the experience of things, is a love affair with the world, a bond first between experience and the thi

Heuristic Research and Artistic Creations

Karey Pohn

4 min

Heuristic Research

Heuristic Research and Artistic Creations

I returned to lyric poetry, autobiography and biography. I engaged in an immersion process, open and receptive to the nature of discovery, w

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3 min

Heuristic Research

Depth Psychology and Heuristics

Personal experience plays an absolutely essential and inescapable role in depth psychological research and theory, because when we deal with

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3 min

Heuristic Research

Tacit Knowing and Indwelling

Tacit knowledge cannot be put into words but is at work behind the scenes, essentially explaining from another view the underlying dynamics

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3 min

Heuristic Research

Discovery and Passion

Heuristic research is a method that was developed by Moustakas (1990) which describes how personal experience is used as a valid research me

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5 min

Hermeneutics

Application to the Dissertation

Hermes is integral to hermeneutics; he is also at the center of Jung’s stone, and has played a central role in my dissertation and my life.

Cosmic Play