Second-Person in-Depth Phenomenological Inquiry as an Approach for Studying Enaction of Beliefs

Phenomenology and empirical research are not naturally compatible and devising an empirical technique aiming at researching experience is a challenge. This article presents second - person in - depth pheno menological inquiry – a technique that tries to meet this challenge by allowing the transformation of a participant greatly interested in the investigation of their own subjective experience, into a co - researcher. It then provides an example of this techni que being used in a study on enaction of beliefs, more closely showing the cooperative research process of researcher and co - researcher and its result: a grounded theory. The article ends with a discussion on the techniques strengths and weaknesses.