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Hermeneutic Phenomenology Symposium
Join us for the 2017 one day Symposium on Hermeneutic Phenomenology
Thursday 6th April 2017
At the University of Central Lancashire, Preston
This event is for post-graduate research students, researchers and academics working within health and social care. It is an exciting opportunity
to listen to experienced researchers who have used a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to a) highlight some of the challenges in undertaking this type of study and b) to demonstrate how philosophical concepts can be applied to illuminate meaning within
health and social care related research projects. A panel discussion will also be held to provide opportunities for further questioning and elaboration.
The Symposium panel will consist of experienced researchers who have used a hermeneutic phenomenological approach, and will demonstrate how philosophical concepts can be applied
to illuminate meaning within health and social care related research projects. This event will also include a panel discussion, providing opportunities for further questioning and elaboration.
Speakers for Symposium Panel are as follow:
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Dr Bridget Taylor
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
Using Heidegger's philosophy to understand experiences of sexuality and intimacy in life-limiting illness.
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Dr Lesley Kay
Kingston University and St. Georges University, London.
Engaging with the 'modern birth story' in pregnancy: everydayness, absorption and the 'idle talk' of birth.
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Dr Lesley Dibley
King’s College, London.
Kinship stigma in inflammatory bowel disease: Challenges of enacting hermeneutic phenomenology.
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Dr Karen Wright
University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
Using Merleau Ponty’s existentials in a study on patients with eating disorders and their care workers.
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Dr Maria Healy
Queen’s University, Belfast.
Solicitude of postnatal care.
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Dr Fiona Work
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
Language of death: the significance of words.
Panel will be hosted by:
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Dr Gill Thomson
Senior Research Fellow, Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture Unit
University of Central Lancashire, Preston.
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Dr Susan Crowther
Professor of Midwifery
Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
For further information on details of cost and how to book a place, please visit the webpage
www.uclan.ac.uk/conferences Or contact Liz Roberts via
[log in to unmask] or telephone- 01772 892650.
Please note there are a limited number of places available for the symposium event, and booking should be made by 28th February, 2017.
Details of the event and campus location will be issued prior to the event.