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We believe that research over the last 4 decades has illustrated how autoethnography is a powerful tool for critical, cultural, personal, and professional reflection and expression; our publication illustrates how autoethnographic creative expression can educate, heal, inspire, illuminate, and challenge.


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“The AutoEthnographer is an award-winning, non-profit, open-access, peer-reviewed literary and arts magazine dedicated to presenting the creative side of autoethnography, a qualitative research method uniting ethnography and autobiography that utilizes lived experience as evidence with which to explore cultural phenomena." ISSN: 2833-1400

MISSION

THE AUTOETHNOGRAPHER is a digital magazine dedicated to creating a public, open-source space for creatives to share their personal stories of cultural experience. We aim to support emerging authors and artists, to promote cultural diversity and appreciation, and to celebrate creative expression as a vehicle for shared understanding and positive change.

MISSION

THE AUTOETHNOGRAPHER is a digital magazine dedicated to creating a public, open-source space for creatives to share their personal stories of cultural experience. We aim to support emerging authors and artists, to promote cultural diversity and appreciation, and to celebrate creative expression as a vehicle for shared understanding and positive change.

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NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS

SPECIAL ISSUE 2023: LAUGHTER

American author Mark Twain said it best when he wrote, “Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” With the world ever balancing so much to cry about with so much to laugh about, The AutoEthnographer Literary and Arts Magazine is excited to announce its call for submissions for the 2023 special issue.

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FEATURED POET: MILTON KARP

SPECIAL ISSUE 2023-24: QUEER

SPECIAL ISSUE 2023: LAUGHTER

SPECIAL ISSUE 2022-2023: BODILY AUTONOMY


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"The AutoEthnographer announces a new call for submissions for a late 2022 special issue, 'Bodily Autonomy Rights (Abortion, Circumcision, Contraception).'"

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SPECIAL ISSUE 2022: CLIMATE CHANGE


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Listen to The AutoEthnographer in the car or on the go and enjoy discussions with artists, authors, performers, and researchers from around the world. In our 20-minute episodes we examine how autoethnography can be utilized in diverse contexts, from marketing and coaching to painting and songwriting.

ORIGINAL PODCASTS

AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC MULTIMEDIA

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”I share this artistic piece as an invitation to problematise and think further about not only the Autoethnographic “I/We” in what I/we can know about ourselves and our bodies but also to make space for the incoherence that becomes a part of “being” and “knowing” in explorations of fragmentation and loss.”

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AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC POETRY

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"This autoethnographic poem is a question about the power of autoethnography in the face of the climate crisis. It is an expression of my dark fears, my depression that keeps me away from writing."

FEATURED POET: MILTON KARP

REFLECTIONS ON METHOD

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"Once I have the first line or two, the rest of the poem seems to flow rather easily. I write whatever comes to mind. Somewhat like a story rather than a poem. I then start to take out the excess words and phrases and pare it down to the essence of what I wish to say. Other times I do not change a word. The muses come and go on their own. I also believe poetry has chosen me."

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NEWS, INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS

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"The AutoEthnographer announces a new call for submissions for a late 2022 special issue, 'Bodily Autonomy Rights (Abortion, Circumcision, Contraception).'"

HAVE YOU HEARD?

We're podcasting!

Listen to The AutoEthnographer in the car or on the go and enjoy discussions with artists, authors, performers, and researchers from around the world. In our 20-minute episodes we examine how autoethnography can be utilized in diverse contexts, from marketing and coaching to painting and songwriting.

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RENATA FERDINAND, PhD

USA

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GUILLERMO REBOLLO GIL, PhD

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MARLEN HARRISON, PhD

USA

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DILEK ISLER HAYIRLI, MA

TURKEY

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SREEKANTH KOPURI, PhD

INDIA

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NADINE KHAIR, PhD

JORDAN

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ULLA-MAIJA MATIKAINEN, MA, MSc

FINLAND

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JACOB "JAY" MEADOWS, MA

USA

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SHANITA MITCHELL, MA

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ODESSA OGO, MA

USA

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DAWNE FAHEY, MA

AUSTRALIA

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LINA FE SIMOY, MA

PHILIPPINES

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MARIEKE SLOVIN LEWIS, PhD

USA

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JESSICA SMARTT GULLION, PhD

USA

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FRANCISCO J. DE LEON

USA

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