Interpretationdriven
Interpretationdriven is an adjective used to describe approaches, methods, or projects in which interpretation serves as the central mechanism for deriving meaning from data, artifacts, or experiences. It emphasizes meaning-making, context, and stakeholder relevance over purely operational or predictive aims, and it often sits within qualitative and humanities-informed traditions rather than strictly quantitative paradigms.
Core elements include an explicit attention to context and subjectivity; iterative cycles of interpretation, reflection, and
Methods commonly associated with interpretationdriven work include hermeneutic or interpretive phenomenological analyses, thematic analysis with an
Applications span the humanities and social sciences, user experience research, policy analysis, organizational studies, and any
Critics warn that interpretationdriven work risks subjectivity and limited reproducibility; practitioners address this with explicit methodological