Hermeneutics and Human Interplay: A Clinical Caring Science Research Method

Abstract

The aim of this article was to explore, exemplify, and discuss how a participatory hermeneutic method designed for children with special needs can be developed in a caring context. Examples from a clinical study are presented to illustrate how play, as both a methodological concept in hermeneutics and the substance of caring, was applied in research by means of the perioperative dialogue. In participatory research, an ethical approach based on subtle human interplay can be triggered by means of dialogue with parents. Thus, truth can emerge via continuity of care, while the substance of caring can be directed toward the child. Such a clinical method is worth adding to the child research repertoire.

Bringing People Back to the Future: The Role of Hermeneutic Temporality in Participatory Research

“…From both approaches, humans are perceived as agents who can act, speak for themselves, reflect on their lives and social worlds, shape their lives and the lives of others (Montreuil & Carnevale, 2016). When using a participatory approach to research, knowledge production is seen as a cocreative process, that is, a coconstruction between stakeholders and researchers, instead of being developed by researchers alone (Heron & Reason, 1997;Koskinen & Nystrom, 2017;Lindberg et al, 2013;Lindwall et al, 2018;Ranheim & Arman, 2014). Within this view, there is a shared interpretation of the data generated from research-a fusion of horizons-that contributes to yield a shared understanding of the meaning of the data (Gadamer, 1976, p. 39;Rodgers, 2005).…”

The Meaning of the Common World in Perioperative Nursing Care; A Hermeneutic Study

“…The empirical research findings are derived from seven peer reviewed articles (Lindberg and Post 2005;Lindberg andPost 2006, Lindberg et al 2012;Lindberg et al 2013;Rudolfsson et al 2003a;Rudolfsson et al 2007aRudolfsson et al , 2007b. All seven studies were qualitative.…”

“…The finding shows that Gadamer's 'give-and-take game' evokes the ethics of play, the practice of the finest art which takes the child and her/his parent to the play of truth. Play, as both hermeneutic interpretation and the substance of caring, can thus be directed toward the child in a perioperative caring context, not by narrowing methods but through the art of reading and interpreting the child as a secret script, even if only mere glimpses of it appear (Lindberg et al 2013).…”

Écouter les enfants dans la recherche en santé mentale jeunesse (SMJ) : une créativité éthique inspirée de la clinique

“…Ainsi, les méthodes créatives usent de modalités plus indirectes que directes. De plus, une approche narrative des méthodes projectives (par opposition à une approche évaluative ou structuraliste) nous permet de voir la projection comme un « espace de jeu » ou un « espace transitionnel », au sens de Winnicott (1975) Dans cette perspective, Gadamer (1996) a aussi présenté le jeu comme ayant une structure herméneutique permettant d'atteindre le plus haut degré de compréhension (Lindberg, von Post, & Eriksson, 2013). Comme il le souligne, « le jeu comporte un sérieux qui lui est propre, voire un sérieux sacré » (Gadamer, 1996, p. 119).…”