Resources

Mindful Inquiry in Social Research Mindful Inquiry combines mindfulness with diverse research traditions like phenomenology, hermeneutics, critical social science, and embodied awareness. It promotes self-reflection, awareness of biases, and conscious assumptions among researchers. This approach encourages being fully present and intentional, aiming to cultivate profound insights and deeper connections with the subject matter.

Transformative Phenomenology: Changing Ourselves, Lifeworlds, and Professional Practice Transformative Phenomenology fosters transformation on personal, professional, organizational, and societal levels. Transformative Phenomenologists aim to create meaningful change in daily life, embodying phenomenology as a way of being while valuing embodied consciousness, a sense of wonder, and genuine authenticity.

Expressions of Phenomenological Research: Consciousness and Lifeworld Studies Scholar-practitioners show how phenomenology and hermeneutics influence their professional and personal lives. Highlights include studies on coaching, Mandela’s lifeworld, women entrepreneurs and heart attack narratives. Other works explore remote work, servant leadership, chamber music collaboration, and community innovation. Key traits of transformative phenomenologists are identified.

Handbook of Transformative Phenomenology This emerging field of applied sociocultural research offers a rich collection of ideas, methods, and practices that foster positive transformation. It introduces key concepts and approaches, alongside examples of Lifeworld applications and explorations, making it accessible to general readers. The diversity of contributions and contributors highlights the vitality of this tradition, focused on personal and societal change.

Lifeworlds to Deathworlds: Collaboration with Strangers for Personal, Social and Ecological Transformation Reflecting on and sharing significant phenomenological experiences can inspire practices that foster social and environmental justice, countering the creation of “Deathworlds.” Through sharing, it is possible to build collaborative relationships among diverse individuals, transcending cultural and political barriers to advance justice.

Reflections on Intimate Partner Abuse: A Lived Experience Exploration Using Transformative Phenomenology The book focuses on healing from interpersonal abuse through writing, using Transformative Phenomenology. The author shares her journey, illustrating how writing uncovers perspectives and connects personal experiences to broader patterns in relationships. By sharing this process, she aims to guide others in their healing, and challenge stereotypes and societal norms that enable abuse.

Contemplative Social Research: Caring for Self, Being and Lifeworld Contemplative Social Research unites insights from diverse disciplines across Europe and North America. It emphasizes contemplative inquiry’s unique focus on humanity’s interconnectedness, requiring embodied awareness and openness to transpersonal dimensions. Addressing major challenges like climate change, social inequality, and digital technology impacts, the book advocates for a boundary-crossing contemplative vision.

Veteran and Family Reintegration: Identity, Healing and Reconciliation The military experience provides a valuable lens for exploring the human condition, offering insights applicable to various aspects of life. This book examines a broad range of topics to deepen our understanding of military personnel, veterans, and their families.

Becoming Mature: Childhood Ghosts in Adult Life This book introduces a comprehensive theory of development and maturation, emphasizing how childhood experiences shape adult women. It incorporates the ideas of Mead, Habermas, and Schutz, while utilizing narratives and group discussions to explore case studies.

This e-booklet is a compilation of reflections on the impact of Transformative Phenomenology on people who have engaged with this type of mindful inquiry.

Bentz, V. M., Rehorick, D. A., Marlatt, J., Nishii, A., & Estrada, C. (2018). Transformative Phenomenology as an Antidote to Technological Deathworlds. Schutzian Research, Vol. 10., pp 189-220.