This shall be a qualitative participatory research approach which will be informed by Phenomenology theory methodology. Phenomenology will be used to explore the day-to-day lived experience with hydro energy by key providers, consumers and energy policy makers. The researcher sought to uncover the essences, interpret, and describe the meaning of this relationship of energy providers and consumers.
Rationale
Hermeneutic phenomenology is a method used to describe, interpret, and understand lived experience in an effort to discover meaning rather than to explain and predict (Morse, 1991). The phenomenological research method is a “systematic, explicit, self-critical, and intersubjective study of its subject matter, of lived experience” (van Manen, 1990, p. 11). Phenomenology is a way to investigate subjective phenomena, and is based on the belief that essential truths about reality are grounded in everyday experience (Spiegelberg, 1975; van Manen, 1984, 1990). Because phenomenology examines the meaning that lived experience has in people’s lives, it is a valuable research method in sustainable energy.
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