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Les Todres

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Embodied interpretation: a novel way of evocatively re-presenting meanings in phenomenological research

November 1, 2008 Les Todres, Kathleen Galvin

This article contributes to a growing trend in articulating an aesthetic phenomenology that exercises more evocative and poetic forms of writing. Our task is to give ontological weight to our common humanity, thereby facilitating experiences of recognition and `homecoming'. This developing trend could benefit from Gendlin's philosophy of the body and his practice of `focusing', which finds...

The Creativity of 'Unspecialization:' A Contemplative Direction for Integrative Scholarly Practice

Phenomenology & Practice May 9, 2007 Kathleen Galvin, Les Todres

Within the context of health and social care education, attempts to define ‘scholarship’ have increasingly transcended traditional academic conceptions of the term. While acknowledging that many applied disciplines call for a kind of ‘actionable knowledge’ that is also not separate from its ethical dimensions, engagement in the caring professions in particular provides an interesting exemplar...