What are first hand expressions?
First hand expressions are contemporary with the experience itself. If one asks somebody through a questionnaire, for instance, about an experience the respondent in question has formulated him/herself about before, the answer in the questionnaire becomes an expression for the first expression, that is, a second hand expression, which is not the same as the experience itself but an expression for an earlier expression. “First hand expressions” as a concepts is connected to the actors view, and that’s why dialogues are so central in this view as through them, experiences and expressions will grow in immediacy between the creator of knowledge and actors (see also question 17 below). 13.
