The hidden blog space on this site is being used to archive notes and reports on my process of autoethnographic inquiry and experiential data collection. This project exists for the purpose of constructing a project that will both satisfy the requirements of my degree program and offer me the opportunity to develop skill in practices of autoethnographic inquiry, as well as the opportunity to challenge myself in storytelling.
To give voice to one’s own understanding of experience while critically analyzing factors, forces, and constructions that impact one’s identity and life capabilities is unavoidably an act of resistance and reclamation.
Scroll down for links to initial posts regarding this incipient project.
[Content is subject to change.]
Here is an outline of an expanded consideration of autoethnographic praxis in relation to this project.
In the meantime, the Wikipedia entry on Autoethnography is a well-referenced and informative resource on autoethnographic methodology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoethnography
References
Ellis, Carolyn. (2004) The ethnographic I: A methodological novel about autoethnography. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
Denzin, Norman K. (2014) Interpretive Autoethnography. Qualitative Research Methods, Vol.17. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
POSTS ON PROCESS
Brief Autoethnography 1: A Subject Unto Itself [Initial reflections.]
Autoethnography 2: The Validity of Voice
Autoethnography 3: Messy Texts
Autoethnography 5: Outline at Outset
Autethnography 6: The Importance of Analysis [correspondence and recollection]
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