Truth and Method

Scott, Nathan A.; Gadamer, Hans‐Georg

doi:10.2307/302234

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“…The present study was based on the epistemological assumption that meaning occurs and knowledge is developed within a context in which the participant, the researcher, and the research project including the environmental context, as a whole take part [37,38]. The dialogical perspective of Gadamer [39] in his "fusion of horizons" provides a methodological approach that fits well with an explorative and interpretative qualitative study, allowing the researcher to actively engage with the participants' experiences, albeit in a thoroughly self-critical, contextualized, and reflexive manner [37]. In order to maintain transparency in the combination of phenomenological exploration and hermeneutic reflection, the research project must have a clearly outlined structure, and the first author must maintain a practice of reflexive writing at each stage of the research process [37,40].…”

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Embodying Experiences with Nature in Everyday Life Recovery for Persons with Eating Disorders

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Bratland‐Sanda

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Eating disorders can be understood as attempts to manage a problematic relationship with one’s own body. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore and discuss perspectives of embodying “experiences with nature” related to recovery in everyday life for persons experiencing eating disorders. The study was carried out in the context of a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Eight participants with an interest in nature and friluftsliv (outdoor pursuits), and with experiences with bulimia nervosa and/or binge-eating disorders, were interviewed twice. Interviews took place in nature, in combination with a “going together” method. The results reveal how the participants highlighted experiences with nature as accentuating feelings of calmness and an engagement of the senses. Participants described nature as a non-judgmental environment that also provided room for self-care. This article explores the implications of everyday life perspectives on nature in recovery, as well as of an integrated focus on body and mind in experiences with eating disorders. The article concludes with an emphasis on how participant’s embodying experiences with nature enabled a (re)connection with one’s own body.

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