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Studying dialogical selves dialogically: multiple-horizon analysis of critical moments in the working life of theatre actors in two cultures

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Author

  • Jitka Lindén
  • Ivo Cermák

Summary, in English

The project reported on here, construed within the general ontological framework of hermeneutic inquiry, considers the methodological consequences of this basic approach. A specific methodology that was developed, capturing both subjective contents and discursive construction processes, is described. It consists of a Diary-in-group method combining personal diary writing with group conversations and text reading processes in a multi-horizon analysis. A concrete example of an empirical inquiry into the lives of theatre actors is presented. Critical moments in working life as viewed from the perspective of the health and psychological well-being of the actors were explored by use of the Diary-in-group method in both the Swedish and the Czech culture. A multiple-horizon analysis is used to provide a deeper understanding of cultural aspects of the personal and professional Self.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

45-62

Publication/Series

Qualitative Research

Volume

7

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • hermeneutics
  • working life
  • intercultural comparison
  • theatre actors
  • qualitative methodology

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1741-3109