Phenomenology – Davood Gozli

“Today the primary issue is not the competition of people among one another and the antagonisms that result from the spirit of competition. Quite the contrary: People today form a team, a well-oiled group that works smoothly together, since this is the only way that large enterprises can function. Modern industry and economics have effectively developed to the point that, as a requisite for operation, they need people who […] possess as little individuality as…

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Soulful Interviews

By Davood Gozli | 08/06/2023 by Davood Gozli

What is a soulful interview? Why is it important? How does it impact research and recruitment? Every interview has the potential to be a singular event, yet most interviews gravitate toward patterns that are frequently repeated. The spectrum between complete uniqueness and total repetition represents the range in which most interviews take place. Interviews, whether for research or recruitment, can become mechanical procedures, overlooking the fact that they are human encounters that can be conducted…

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Re-Discovering the Richness of Everyday Life

By Davood Gozli | 04/05/202317/05/2023 by Davood Gozli

Over the past two years, I have created a series of videos based on the book, Qualitative Inquiry in Everyday Life by Svend Brinkmann. I posted the final part a few days ago. In this post, I want to discuss the book’s importance and who can benefit from it. Why is this book important? First, it removes the boundary between “doing research” and living a human life. The book shows that so much of what…

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Kundera & the Poetic Imagination

By Davood Gozli | 08/12/202229/05/2023 by Davood Gozli

Milan Kundera’s novel, Life is Elsewhere, contains both a celebration and a critique of poetry (aren’t the best critiques rooted in love?). The main characteristic of poetry, which is the target of his critique, is the force of poetic imagination toward finality. The poet, like a god, doesn’t simply consider a possibility; she creates and proclaims! “Look at what I have created!” What is created presents itself as always having been there, as a fate,…

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A Different Kind of Loss

By Davood Gozli | 25/01/2022 by Davood Gozli

Having a good conversation about a painful topic is bittersweet. Having a good conversation about loss, for instance, has sweetness mixed with the core bitterness of the topic, and I think the sweetness comes from the truth we discover and the understanding we come to share. Even loss–and our attention to loss–can become a way of connecting with others, a way of discovering and sharing insights. A few days ago, I listened to a recent…

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Reading Erich Fromm’s On Being Human

Soulful Interviews

Re-Discovering the Richness of Everyday Life

Kundera & the Poetic Imagination

A Different Kind of Loss