Phenomenology & Practice (Journal)
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Lived Space and Support as Interrelated Phenomena in the Context of Young People with Mental Health Problems
No full textThe Norwegian welfare system due to human rights is in charge of providing necessary supportof life to every citizen in terms of a safe place to live, the opportunity to education oremployment and meaningful life accomplishments. We explore how public sustenance isexperienced by a group of young receivers of public support. The article is one of three substudiesdrawing on empirical material from in-depth interviews with 14 young adults withmental health challenges and experiences from being partly or fully out of school or work. Theinterviews reveal that in particular three aspects of support are significant to the young. Theseare personal and shared space (e.g., supportive personal and professional relationships), theopportunity of a safe home, and the prospect of not being trapped for a lengthy time in theirproblems (an effective ‘standstill’ or suspension of agency of life), but be part of the “world outthere.” Could public support provide some temporary or permanent help with regard to thesebasic aspects of life? We explore in this article the potential interrelatedness between space andsupport in a hermeneutic phenomenological manner with basis in experiences from four of theyoung in the study. David, Mia, Oda and Simon (all pseudonyms) each in their way, describemoments where support and space seem to be existentially and experientially interconnected.We wonder if analysis of the two phenomena can inform our understanding of the qualities thatcharacterize what we might call a ‘supportive’ environment within public welfare
On the Lived, Imagined Body: A Phenomenological Praxis of a Somatic Architecture
No full text"On the Lived, Imagined Body" is a reflective remembering from the point of view of a movementperformance artist\u27s training session learning to dance with imagined wings when in her livedexperience, the body of the dancer is aware somatically of moving with wings that do not actuallyexist. The overarching conceptualization in this article describes the inner-outer tensions, thekinesthetic, somatic, proprioceptive penetration inward and the visual-kinetic, imaginative reachoutward. The landmark work from dance phenomenologist Maxine Sheets-Johnstone (1966/2015),The Phenomenology of Dance, prompted the author of this article to translate an embodiedexperiential and imagined event for readers who might never have had the experience of a somaticmovement training of dancing with imagined wings as a lived experience. The phenomenology ofdancing as if with lived and imagined wings is developed further as a result of two week-longpresencing workshops taught by contemporary dancer-choreographer and somatics teacher BenoîtLachambre (2015/2016). For movement artists and dance practitioners, experiencing imaginarywings as lived wings means experiencing movement through mindful awareness and consciousintention of a praxis of somatic architecture
Lingis Special Issue: Travel as the Possibility of Being Brought Back to Ourselves
No full textLingis Special Issue: Travel as the Possibility of Being Brought Back to Ourselve
On Storytelling, Teaching, Chance, and Gratitude: In Conversation with Alphonso Lingis
No full textOn Storytelling, Teaching, Chance, andGratitude: In Conversation with AlphonsoLingi
Phenomenology of Professional Practices in Education and Health Care: An Empirical Investigation
No full textIn this article a group of professionals working in education and health care exploreprofessional practices and interactions from a phenomenological perspective, drawing on Maxvan Manen’s conceptualization of the phenomenology of practice and his knowledge interestin understanding and furthering sensitive, caring professional practice. Posing the questionwhat is the meaning of interaction in encounters within education and health care, we lookat practice experiences drawn from close observations and interviews during researchconcerning special needs education, physiotherapy and weight loss programs. Three anecdotesare offered as a way to ‘show,’ rather than interpret, the processes involved. Each anecdote isfollowed by reflections in which we draw on van Manen’s notion of pathic knowledge andNancy’s ideas about co-existence to develop phenomenological insights about temporal,embodied and relational qualities of the phenomenon of interaction in professional practice.Such interaction seems to involve continuous negotiation. It emerges as a process of exchange,a movement back and forth between supporting and letting oneself be supported; betweenconfronting and being confronted; between pushing and being pushed. Moments of active engagement give way to periods of waiting for the other to act. The experience is one ofcontinuous back and forth movement in the relational space in-between
In Memoriam: Lester Eugene Embree
No full textLester Eugene Embree(January 9, 1938 – January 19, 2017
When My Voice is not My Voice: Speaking through a Speech Generating Device
No full textA speech-generating device (SGD) is not a thing that many people have experienced. For thosewith severe speech impairments, however, it may be a technology giving them voice and anintegral part of their daily lives. What is it like to have an embodiment relation with SGD? Thisarticle draws upon Don Ihde’s insights regarding human-technology relations to explore howSGDs may act to mediate and condition the everyday lives of children and youth with speechimpairments
Book Review
No full textA review of Lingis, A. (2010). Wonders Seen in Forsaken Places: On photography and the photographs of Mark Coehn. Chester Perkowski
