Being with that: the relevance of embodied understanding for practice.
In this keynote presentation, I consider one way of articulating a more intimate relationship between the findings of qualitative research and the practice of care in health-related contexts. Drawing on the writings of Gadamer and Gendlin, I consider the kind of understanding that might be particularly relevant to everyday practice. I call this "embodied relational understanding." I further pursue the question of how the findings of qualitative research can become a rich resource for sensitizing practitioners to engage with the complexities of practice. I argue that providing such a resource requires us to pay more attention to the evocative power of our findings and their potentially transformational power for personal and professional development.
Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK.
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D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D019359:Knowledge; D010684:Philosophy; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011361:Professional Competence; D011364:Professional Practice; D036301:Qualitative Research