Stanley, Steven ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4776-4097, Barker, Meg, Edwards, Victoria and McEwen, Emma 2015. Swimming against the stream?: Mindfulness as a psychosocial research methodology. Qualitative Research in Psychology 12 (1) , pp. 61-76. 10.1080/14780887.2014.958394 |
Preview |
PDF
- Accepted Post-Print Version
Download (14MB) | Preview |
Abstract
In this article, we extend psychosocial research methodology by integrating a breaching experiment, influenced by ethnomethodological sociology, with aspects of mindfulness practice, influenced by Buddhist traditions. We offer an empirical investigation of what happens when researcher-participants subtly “swim against the stream” of normative public social conduct in a capital city setting. Our qualitative analysis explores a single case from a corpus of 172 first-person retrospective accounts of standing still and doing nothing in a busy, public place. We investigate the qualitative aspects of how one researcher-participant arguably adopted a mindful, beginner’s mind orientation toward the flow of psychosocial consciousness. We empirically investigate this psychosocial orientation of mindfulness by integrating Wetherell’s concept of affective-discursive practice with James’ stream of consciousness. Mindfulness offers a specific, embodied reorientation toward psychosocial flows. We discuss the methodological implications and limitations of this reorientation for psychosocial research.
Item Type: | Article |
---|---|
Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Psychology Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology L Education > LC Special aspects of education |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
ISSN: | 1478-0887 |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 30 March 2016 |
Date of Acceptance: | 30 September 2014 |
Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2023 11:56 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/68206 |
Citation Data
Cited 13 times in Scopus. View in Scopus. Powered By Scopus® Data
Actions (repository staff only)
Edit Item |