Prolegomenon for a Body-Oriented Research Method in Psychology

dc.contributor.advisorTeo, Thomas
dc.creatorSlyvka, Volodymyr
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-05T14:48:10Z
dc.date.available2019-03-05T14:48:10Z
dc.date.copyright2018-10-16
dc.date.issued2019-03-05
dc.date.updated2019-03-05T14:48:10Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology(Functional Area: History and Theory)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractMainstream psychology adheres to a reductionist perspective on the body which is founded on a biomedical framework. In this view, the bodys functioning is investigated as merely physiological correlates of mental processes. To fully understand psychological phenomena, there is a need to address the issue of the body at all levels of the research process. The main objective of this thesis is to offer a prolegomenon for a research method in psychology which would systematically work with the bodily expression through gesture and movement for understanding psychological questions. First, I discuss historical and theoretical underpinnings of body image scholarship, nonverbal communication work, phenomenology, and feminist theory. Second, I examine the existing methods from applied fields of body psychotherapy and dance practices. Finally, I provide a possible format of the body-oriented method (BOM), including the stages of data collection, data description, data interpretation, and representation of results.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35842
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectPsychology
dc.subject.keywordsBody
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodied subjectivity
dc.subject.keywordsPhenomenological method
dc.subject.keywordsGesture and movement
dc.subject.keywordsQualitative research
dc.titleProlegomenon for a Body-Oriented Research Method in Psychology
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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