Methods to build life stories through phenomenology

Abstract

By reviewing some theories of various authors, with the intention of discussing how through phenomenology it is possible to analyze life perspectives from
the everyday, where talking about coexistence, work and community have much to contribute in the recognition of a dynamic social embedded in its subjective values. The phenomenological methodology uses various methods to develop knowledge about the characters or active subjects: the narrative, which consists of recounting in a systematic and organized way their entire existence; the documentary biographical where people are analyzed, reviewing documents organized chronologically, the oral history that is based on the anecdotes and testimonies of third parties to recreate the essence of an individual and the history of life, in which the subject is described by means of of all the activities developed throughout his being, from his childhood to his sunset or stage in which he is. The phenomenological epistemic nature then allows us to reconstruct people's stories from their own being: past, present, and project this knowledge into the immediate future, based on their memories, experiences, beliefs, legends, and social imagery that make them describe the values of its own essence, as a people, as a community.