Methodological Approach, Research Questions, and Theoretical References
摘要
The methods chapter of this work explains the chosen and developed methods of qualitative social research and grounds them sociologically and corporeal-phenomenologically based on Plessner and Schmitz. An attempt is made to consistently implement a theory-oriented, corporeal-phenomenologically founded research practice in the field of the sociology of architecture. The empirical study traces corporeal architectural experiences and forms of perception as felt-bodily communication in the relationship between humans and architecture. It is interested in relationships between self and (built) world and the associated self-world relationships. It explores the question of how the relationship between humans and architecture is corporeally experienced and expressed. In order to approach this thematic concern in all its complexity, various empirical approaches are chosen methodologically. For this purpose, corporeal-phenomenological-sociological approaches are developed (self-observation and drawings) and combined with established methodological approaches (interviews and external observations). In addition to presenting the empirical procedure, the methods chapter also reflects on the ethnographic attitude in the context of a corporeal-phenomenologically oriented sociology of architecture and considers topics such as subjectivity and embodied understanding.