“In my head, I have a cleaning lady:” Symbol form and symbolic intention in the everyday use of money

Semiotica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (235) ◽  
pp. 119-151
Author(s):  
Marie McNabb ◽  
Karl Chan-Brown ◽  
Julia Keller
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Financial Economic ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Symbolic Action ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Simple Notion ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological

AbstractMoney is a symbol. Beginning with this simple notion, we have completed a qualitative study of how money exists in people’s everyday lives and how it is used symbolically. A review of the financial, economic, psychological, and semiotic literature shows that even though money is written and talked about exhaustively, little symbol theory appears in economic writing, and we rarely found money mentioned in semiotic texts. We used a qualitative, phenomenological approach to identify critical thematic elements and underlying structures of participants’ experience. We also incorporated an accepted symbol-structure template in our analysis of the functions, emotions, actions, and reactions in the transactions our participants described. Participants refer to money both as wealth in the abstract and as concrete amounts about to be used. Our analysis of money in the abstract describes a structure of experience involving belonging, privacy and secrecy, unequal distribution, quantitative uncertainty, reflections of life history, and values. Our analysis of money in the concrete reveals a symbolic intention and a variety of “Others” engaged in the symbolic action.

scholarly journals The Everyday Power of Liturgy: On the Significance of the Transcendental for a Phenomenology of Liturgy

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 633
Author(s):  
Neal DeRoo
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Ritual Action ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World ◽  
Everyday Living

The task of this article is to articulate the everyday power of liturgy by clarifying the transcendental significance of ritual action. The paper makes three major claims: first, that liturgical practices function transcendentally, and therefore alter how we experience the world; second, that liturgical practices therefore exercise an immense formative power in our everyday living, including the power to open up or close down the possibility of encountering the sacred in our everyday lives; third, that this power of liturgy can be articulated theoretically through a transcendental phenomenological approach, thereby suggesting that a rigorous phenomenology of liturgy must necessarily include a transcendental element.

scholarly journals Table in the corner: a qualitative study of life situation and perspectives of the everyday lives of oesophageal cancer patients in palliative care

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Laursen ◽  
Mai Nanna Schønau ◽  
Heidi Maria Bergenholtz ◽  
Mette Siemsen ◽  
Merete Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Oesophageal Cancer ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The Everyday

scholarly journals Researching the Intangible: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study of the Everyday Practices of Belonging

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Insider Information ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
Interview Situation ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological Study ◽  
Family Groups

How can the intangible aspects of everyday life be uncovered? A phenomenological approach has its origins in the everyday but also allows everything to be questioned. In studying belonging a phenomenological approach supported by a variety of qualitative methods produced a wealth of ‘insider’ information that could have been missed using more traditional methods. The research was based around multi-generational family groups as a family narrative focuses on relations between different family members over the generations rather than on an individual biography. Biographical interviews in family groups allowed families to talk about their lives together. Diaries put the direction of the research in the hands of the participants thus reversing, to some extent, the traditional power relations between researcher and researched. Through written and photo diaries participants shared details of their daily lives which might have been more difficult to elicit in a formal interview situation. The photos allowed the researcher to ‘visit’ places which are a part of the daily life of participants in a subtle and non-intrusive manner. These research approaches privilege the voices of the participants in research into their lives. Through demonstrating the richness of the data collected this article argues that such approaches could be used more widely.

Cancer patients' perceptions of using a “breast gown”: a qualitative study

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. McLean ◽  
D. Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Patient Satisfaction ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Patient Choice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Unexpected Result ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Phenomenological ◽  
Privacy Issues

Recently, radiotherapy breast gowns have been introduced into some Radiotherapy Departments across the country. The idea of using the breast gowns came from issues highlighted regarding privacy and dignity from patient satisfaction surveys. The introduction of the breast gowns was not evidence based, however they have become popular as they were considered a good aid for patients' comfort. This study aimed to investigate patients' perceptions of the breast gowns using a qualitative, phenomenological approach. The methodology was designed to explore patient's feelings about their experiences throughout their cancer journey. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews, which were transcribed and analysed, via content analysis. The key themes that emerged from the study were related to: patients' emotions; dignity and privacy issues; exposure; patient choice and an unexpected result were their views relating to the notion of “possession”. The results of this study cannot be generalised due to the methodology chosen, however the findings can aid the development of a multi-centred study to investigate this topic further. In addition, this study has highlighted an important recommendation for radiotherapy practice: the development of a “modesty gown” for most treatment sites.

Who cares for whom? Revisiting the concept of care in the everyday life of post-divorce families

Childhood ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Marschall
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Parental Divorce ◽  
Time Sharing ◽  
Causal Understanding ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Reciprocal Process

The traditional notions of care appear to be connected to parents as caregivers and children as care-recipients. This article explores care in the context of post-divorce families to underline the need for re-evaluating the causal understanding of this concept. The data are drawn from a qualitative study investigating how Danish children aged 8–12 (and their parents) conduct their everyday lives with time-sharing arrangements as a result of parental divorce. Through empirical examples, different kinds of caring practices are highlighted to assert that care is a situated and reciprocal process between parents and children – a process of mutual caregiving and caretaking.

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