Overview
- This book could serve as a resource for new and established researchers who have an interest in autoethnography.
- This book could be used as a primary text in undergraduate and graduate courses about autoethnographic research and personal narrative, or as a supplemental text in courses about writing and/or qualitative research. (Given the short length of the chapters, each could serve as a model for a final course project.)
- This book will appeal to participants of the annual Doing Autoethnography Conferences, as well as people interested in, but who could not attend, the conferences.
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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About this book
In 2011, Doing Autoethnography—the first conference to focus solely on autoethnographic principles and practices—was held in chilly Detroit, Michigan on the campus of Wayne State University. The conference has since occurred four additional times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). Across the five conferences, thousands of attendees from more than ten countries have participated in hundreds of presentations, more than a dozen workshops, and multiple keynote addresses.
The chapters in this collection represent outstanding work from the five conferences. Together, authors interrogate autoethnography ethically, theoretically, relationally, and methodologically. Readers will encounter many overlapping themes: identity norms and negotiations; experiences tied to race, gender, sexuality, size, citizenship, and dis/ability; exclusion and belonging; oppression, injustice, and assault; barriers to learning/education; and living with/in complicated relationships. Some chapters provide clear resolutions; others seemingly provide none. Some authors highlight conventionally positive aspects of experience; others dwell in what might be understood as relational darkness. Some experiences will likely resonate with many readers; others will feel unique, unusual, exceptional. In its entirety, the collection will take readers on an evocative, reflexive, and insightful journey.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Doing Autoethnography
Editors: Sandra L. Pensoneau-Conway, Tony E. Adams, Derek M. Bolen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-158-2
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6351-158-2Published: 12 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: CCXXXIV, 10
Topics: Education, general