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“Alles ist Blatt” – Goethean-driven Social Science and Qualitative Inquiry

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Elemente der Naturwissenschaft 122, p. 66-79.

Zu den Mitteln der Diversifizierung von methodischen Ansätzen gehören unterschiedliche Forschungsfragen und verschiedene Arten, sie zu stellen. In diesem Beitrag wird dargelegt, dass eine Vielfalt qualitativer Ansätze die Forschung selbst stärkt und in der goetheanistisch geprägten Sozialwissenschaft von besonderem Nutzen ist. Anhand von Beispielen aus meiner Forschung in Andhra Pradesh, Indien, und Kwale County, Kenia, stelle ich hypothesen- und messungsorientierte, nach Mustern suchende «wissenschaftliche» Modelle zugunsten einer phänomenologischen, partizipativen Untersuchung in Frage. Dabei diskutiere ich goetheanistische Wissenschaft und partizipative Forschungsansätze, um Gemeinsamkeiten in wahrnehmungsorientierten und empathischen qualitativen Forschungsmethoden zu finden.

Means of diversifying methodological approaches include varying research questions and ways of asking them. This paper suggests that a diversity of qualitative approaches strengthens the research itself, and is of particular use in Goethean-driven social science. I use examples of my research in Andhra Pradesh, India, and Kwale county, Kenya, to question hypotheses- and measurement-driven pattern-seeking “scientific” models in favor of phenomenological participatory inquiry. In so doing, I discuss Goethean science and participatory research approaches to find common ground in perception-oriented and empathetic qualitative research methods

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