How to explore dancers' sense experiences? A study of how multi-sited fieldwork and phenomenology can be combined

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 196-213

  Ravn, Susanne ^a   Hansen, Helle Ploug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

participant observation; philosophy; qualitative methodologies; researcher positions; subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880504517     PISSN: 2159676X     EISSN: 1939845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2012.712991     Document Type: Article

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