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Contemplation and First-Person Approaches in Social Research

Authors

Krzysztof T. Konecki Uniwersytet Łódzki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7370-3490

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.20.2.02

Keywords:

contemplative research, phenomenology, pathic dimension, autoethnography, emotion, meditation, self-reporting, contemplative notes

Abstract

This article discusses first-person approaches in social research. It describes autoethnographic, phenomenological, and contemplative approaches. These three approaches have in common reflexivity, a focus on experiences, the process of thinking, bodily sensations, and the emotional and situational dimension of learning about the world, and, consequently, on the researcher as a producer of knowledge. Although these approaches are different, they share some characteristics of being contemplative.

The research participant’s place in their scientific work is subjected to explication in all three approaches. The aspect of embodiment in the situation as well as the reflection on subjectivity and objectivity as fictive distinctions of qualitative research imagery are both highlighted. Contemplative research methods are also presented.

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Author Biography

Krzysztof T. Konecki, Uniwersytet Łódzki

Profesor zwyczajny doktor habilitowany, kierownik Katedry Socjologii Organizacji i Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, były przewodniczący Polskiego Towarzystwa Socjologicznego, obecnie członek Zarządu PTS, członek Komitetu Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk, przewodniczący komisji ds. stopni naukowych w dyscyplinie nauki socjologiczne Wydziału Ekonomiczno-Socjologicznego UŁ. Jego obszar zainteresowań naukowych to między innymi: socjologia jakościowa, teoria ugruntowana, socjologia interakcji, badania kontemplacyjne, socjologia wizualna oraz socjologiczne badania nad medytacją i jogą.

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Konecki, K. T. (2024). Contemplation and First-Person Approaches in Social Research. Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej, 20(2), 12–35. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8069.20.2.02