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autoethnographer: one who uses lived experience as evidence with which to explore cultural phenomena.
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This lighthearted essay illustrates an experience I had in Singapore while doing research for a book I was writing about spirituality.
"Everybody is a poet in the sense that everyone was/is making do—and making magic—with what they had/have."
In this piece, a queer university student from China reflects on his understandings of sexual and ethnic/national identities as he moves from China to the UK to study.
Syrian Identity and Academic Self: Emerging Research or Ruthless Methodology seeks to illuminate a personal reflection that sparked a unique line of inquiry, ultimately leading to an innovative exploration within my research project.
"I write at length about my experiences surviving rape and abuse as a Western woman in Japan. I was lucky to get out alive."
I write of parental grief & my mother's sweater as a comfort to me, exploring cultures of grief where pain meets love and love meets pain.
is an essay about the way technology can intrude and obscure what may be our most important human experiences
The Resistant Analysand: A Memoir Author’s Memo My memoir is about my...
I worry about survival. Bluntly put, according to the Academy of Sciences almost every person on earth will be affected by climate change.
"Give Me a Strawberry Cockroach" is the first article in our 2023 special issue on laughter and tells a story of Japanese language learning and performance.
This autoethnography about same-sex love poses spiritual debate on the processes of grieving and interment.
"Because I was so immersed in both history, bound in good-smelling leather, no less, and in beautiful and evocative little bottles around me as playthings, I guess it needed no further prompting. It was within my blood before I could think about what I wanted to do with my life!"
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autoethnographer: one who uses lived experience as evidence with which to explore cultural phenomena.
What is autoethnography? The AutoEthnographer's international team of editors offer definitions & suggested readings.
“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
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"How universal homesickness is, even for those who didn’t come from the best homes; these salmon came from Concrete, Washington, and they still fight like hell to come back every single year."
This piece of original short fiction contains plot elements based on my recent adventures hiking remote trails in Ecuador and Colorado.
Patricia Leavy·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysCelebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024Special Issues
··6 min readStory-worlds were magical—they transported me to different places where I’d meet new people, and learn about their lives in visceral ways.
AUTOETHNOGRAPHIC MULTIMEDIA
You’re Still Here: Art and Grief in Autoethnographic Textiles Artist’s Memo You’re Still Here: Art and Grief in...
The lyrics of "World's Greatest Man" grapple with the paradoxes of participant-observation as well as the ambiguity of development work in Thailand.
Marlen Harrison·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaEducationFrom the EditorsMoreReflections on MethodVolume 2, Issue 1 (2022)
··5 min read"In this brief, animated autoethnography, I utilize the concept of a sociocultural third space to consider why evocative autoethnography can benefit from its own literary and arts journal."
This collection of poems is a glimpse into the lives lived on the margins, where the laws put in place to protect basic rights and bodily autonomy cease to apply.
These pieces explore through personal experience the cultural phenomena of migrant loss of identity and subordination, post colonialism, othering
"Armored Corps: The spirit of combativeness and human resilience" is the theme of a graphic narrative project.
This video explores how editors have developed their approach to reviewing creative autoethnography and highlights strategies for contributors.
How do creatives find joy in artistic performance as a form of black feminist autoethnography? Podcast & video.
"It is my hope that these words will serve as the beginning of an ongoing dialogue about what it means to live autoethnography."
Richard Stimac·
All ContentAutoethnodramaAutoethnographic Literary FictionBodily Autonomy Special Issue, 2022-23Special Issues
··23 min read"In this autoethnodrama, a woman terminates a pregnancy without telling her husband."
"Give Me a Strawberry Cockroach" is the first article in our 2023 special issue on laughter and tells a story of Japanese language learning and performance.
"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."
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"Congratulations to Shanita Mitchell, Editorial Board member of The AutoEthnographer and multimedia artist, for her recognition by the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry (IAANI)."
In The AutoEthnographer’s latest podcast, Marlen Harrison talks with Sandra Faulkner about collage and visual poetry.
How do creatives find joy in artistic performance as a form of black feminist autoethnography? Podcast & video.
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