ABSTRACT

In this article, I explore the intersection between Hans Georg Gadamer’s ‘fusion of horizons’ and interpreter’s ‘prejudices,’ together with the concept of cultural resonances as they pertain to qualitative research in psychology. I define cultural resonances as the researcher’s different cultural associations and/or connotations (e.g., myths, legends, popular media references), that emerge in an interpretive encounter with a text. Through a reading of Gadamer’s theory, I further explain how cultural resonances are contained within what he referred to as the interpreter’s language, prejudice, horizon, and play. Therefore, inspired by Gadamer’s assertion that understanding is always a process in which different worlds of knowledge (horizons) fuse together, and with reference to psychoanalytic reverie, Boesch’s concepts of cultural psychology, and narrative theory, I discuss cultural resonances as a horizon that inevitably unfolds in qualitative research. Finally, relying on the different topics discussed in the article, I offer a Gadamer-inspired framework for using cultural resonances in qualitative interpretation. The limitations of this framework, as well as its advantages, are discussed, with regard to reflexivity, power, rigor, and cultural sensitivity.

摘要

在这篇文章中，我探讨了汉斯·格奥尔格·伽达默尔的“视野融合”和解释者的“偏见”之间的交集，以及与心理学定性研究相关的文化共鸣的概念。我将文化共鸣定义为研究人员的不同文化联想和/或内涵（例如，神话、传说、流行媒体参考），它们出现在与文本的解释性相遇中。通过阅读伽达默尔的理论，我进一步解释了文化共鸣是如何包含在他所说的解释者的语言、偏见、视野和游戏中的。因此，受到伽达默尔断言的启发，理解总是一个不同的知识世界（视野）融合在一起的过程，并参考了精神分析的遐想，博施的文化心理学概念，和叙事理论，我将文化共鸣作为定性研究中不可避免地展开的视野来讨论。最后，根据文章中讨论的不同主题，我提供了一个受伽达默尔启发的框架，用于在定性解释中使用文化共鸣。讨论了该框架的局限性及其优势，包括反思性、权力、严谨性和文化敏感性。