https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167818820465 Journal of Humanistic Psychology 1–19 © The Author(s) 2018 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0022167818820465 journals.sagepub.com/home/jhp Special Issue: Radical Humanism, Critical Consciousness, and Social Change Harnessing Phenomenological Research to Facilitate Conscientização About Oppressive Lived Experience Nisha Gupta 1 Abstract This article illustrates how liberation psychology and phenomenological research can work in tandem to raise conscientização (critical consciousness) about unjust societal dynamics, mourn sociopolitical community traumas, and construct empathic bridges among diverse citizens of society. It outlines three ways in which phenomenological researchers can harness their methodologies as an emancipatory tool for oppressed communities. First, I discuss how Steen Halling’s dialogal phenomenological method can build public homeplaces in which members of marginalized communities can gather together to share and gain insight into their oppressed lived experiences. Second, I discuss how Max Van Manen’s existential-phenomenological data interpretation can nurture solidarity among the oppressed and oppressors and demonstrate the ways in which institutionalized oppression dehumanizes all citizens. Third, I encourage phenomenological researchers to disseminate research in artistic formats to evoke compassionate witness among citizen bystanders about oppressive lived experiences. The article concludes by positing that Paulo Freire’s process of emancipation is, essentially, a phenomenological endeavor. 1 University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, USA Corresponding Author: Nisha Gupta, University of West Georgia, Melson Hall, 1601 Maple Street, Carrollton, GA 30118, USA. Email: ngupta@westga.edu 820465JHP XX X 10.1177/0022167818820465Journal of Humanistic PsychologyGupta research-article 2018