Sunday, April 28, 2013

Retrospective


Retrospective.

"The idea of retrospective sensemaking derives from Schutz's (1967) analysis of 'meaningful lived experience'" (Weick, 1995, p. 24). "The key word in that phrase, lived, is stated in the past tense to capture the reality that people can know what they are doing only after they have done it [italics in original]" (Weick, 1995, p. 24). In other words, retrospective sensemaking occurs when an individual attempts to find meaning in a present situation by reflecting on lived experiences (Weick, 1995, p. 26). "[W]hatever is occurring at the moment will influence what is discovered when people glance backward" (Weick, 1995, p. 26). 

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