Karey Pohn
Deepening Understanding
Now that we have the “lay of the land” of hermeneutics, we can proceed to explore a few of the concepts that will be central to my dissertat
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Explanation: The Field of Hermeneutics
The hermeneutic circle was anticipated in Plato’s notion of recollection or anamnesis: we can learn about the unknown only by recognizing it
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Hermeneutics: Origins and Etymology
Hermeneutics, the study of understanding, has ancient roots. It comes from the Greek word hermeneuin, “to interpret” and is associated with
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Strengths and Weaknesses
As Romanyshyn (2001, lecture) reminds us, our research methods are always a perspective, and we are always in a perspective, although we may
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Brief Interlude:Written in Stone? An Allegorical Tale Alluding to Method.
When first learning about the different research methodologies I imagined a three-way dialogue between the methodologies, a mélange a trois,
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Methodological Implications
Lévi-Strauss (1962/1966) notes that “the elements of mythical thought similarly lie half-way between percepts and concepts” (p. 18).
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Post-Modern Bricolage or Bricolage in Po-Mo Era
In the “Bricoleur in the Tennis Court,” D. L. Miller (1996, online) discusses bricoleurs and play at some length in the context of postmoder
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Origins of Bricolage
David L. Miller (1996, online), in an article entitled “The Bricoleur On The Tennis Court” tells us of bricolage’s origins: “The word ‘brico
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Introducing Bricolage and My History as a Bricoleur
Originally I had intended to write a theoretical dissertation using a hermeneutic method, but apparently Hermes had other plans and has ende
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Flavor and Overview
The dissertation uses art to explore play to gain greater insight into play’s cosmic, that is, transpersonal or archetypal dimensions, throu
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