Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway.
Nurs Inq. 2010 Mar;17(1):75-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1800.2009.00472.x.
This study deals with hermeneutics and observation. The purpose is to discuss some central concerns of hermeneutics in relation to observation as a research method. Attention is centred on the hermeneutic process, preunderstanding, understanding, sensitivity, the fore-conception of completeness and language. Examples from an observation study are presented. The study ends with a discussion of the importance of proceeding without haste and of silence in observational hermeneutic research. The researcher must allow oneself to be influenced by these qualities if the observations are to be undertaken in a hermeneutic spirit. Physical time must be of lesser importance than inner time. The possibility then exists for the researcher to wander the hermeneutic spiral to the greatest depth possible.
本研究涉及诠释学和观察。目的是讨论诠释学作为一种研究方法与观察相关的一些核心关注点。注意力集中在诠释过程、前理解、理解、敏感性、完整性和语言的先见之明上。从观察研究中举例说明。研究结束时讨论了在观察诠释学研究中不急于求成和保持沉默的重要性。如果要以诠释学的精神进行观察，研究人员必须让自己受到这些品质的影响。物理时间的重要性必须低于内在时间。这样，研究人员就有可能尽可能深入地在诠释学螺旋中徘徊。
