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This edited volume is the first publication to tackle the issue of
researching human-technology relations from a methodological
postphenomenological perspective. While the 'traditional'
phenomenology of the 20th century, with figures like Husserl,
Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, provided valuable insights into the
formal structures of essence, being and embodiment, etc. their mode
of philosophizing mostly involved abstract 'pure' thinking.
Although rooted in this tradition, the postphenomenological
approach to the study of human-technology relations emphasizes the
"empirical turn" and interdisciplinary work in the field of
philosophy - and reaches out to other disciplines like
anthropology, education, media studies, and science and technology
studies (STS). The contributors discuss what it means for the field
of postphenomenology to be empirically based and what kind of
methodology is required in order for researchers to go out and
study human-technology relations in this perspective. In many
disciplines, methodology refers to the analytical approach taken -
e.g. the analytical concepts you employ to make an analysis; in
postphenomenology, these might include concepts such as
multistability, variation, or mediation. In a discipline like
anthropology, it also refers to reflections over the methods
researchers use to approach an empirical field. Methods can include
interviews of different kinds, participant observations, surveys,
and auto-ethnography. Furthermore, methodology can include ethical
issues tied to doing research in an empirical field. These
practical aspects are not separate from, but rather connected to,
theoretical approaches. This book ties together the methods,
ethics, and theories of postphenomenology in a groundbreaking
volume on methodology. With postphenomenological studies of
education, digital media, biohacking, health, robotics, and
skateboarding as points of reference, the authors of this volume,
in twelve chapters, provide new perspectives on what a
comprehensive postphenomenological research methodology must
consist of.
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