ABSTRACT
This text is an invitation to openness, and an invitation of openness to phenomenologies of lived meaning, the meaning of meaning, and the originary sources of meaning. The phrase “phenomenology of practice” refers to the kinds of inquiries that address and serve the practices of professional practitioners as well as the quotidian practices of everyday life. For example, a thoughtful understanding of the meaningful aspects of “having a conversation” may be of value to professional practitioners as well as to anyone involved in the conversational relations of everyday living. My personal inspiration for the name “phenomenology of practice” lies in the work of scholars such as Martinus Langeveld, Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Frederik Buytendijk, Henricus Rümke, and Hans Linchoten who were academics as well as clinicians and practitioners in fields of pedagogy, education, psychology, psychiatry, and health science. However, they did not use the phrase “phenomenology of practice” in describing their work.
