Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia

Audio, visual, and multimodal expressions of autoethnography.

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Featured photo of woman in sari and jewels from Nandini Manjunath

Multimedia Autoethnography: On ‘Being’ and ‘Knowing’ a Body

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·October 23, 2021·3 min read

”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.”

Photo of woman at window by Shanita Mitchell

Performance and Autoethnography: Award-winning Artist Offers Exclusive Insight

Shanita Mitchell and Marlen Harrison·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia More Podcasts Reflections on Method Volume 3, Issue 2 (2023)

·April 30, 2023·18 min read

Today we're talking with the award-winning author, researcher, and performer, Shanita Mitchell about performance and autoethnography.

Finding Home Within: Introducing Singer/Songwriter Florencia Rusiñol

Florencia Rusinol·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 2, Issue 4 (2022)

·December 21, 2022·2 min read

"While living in Ecuador, I wrote “Home” which essentially is an homage to the “third-culture kid” phenomenon, when your parents are from another country than the one you grew up in."

An Experimental Film About Television & the Quick Prize of Midnight Plasticity

Devin Welch·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 3, Issue 3 (2023)

·August 30, 2023·3 min read

The poem driving this experimental film about television considers the insomniacs who wake at the same time each night in rhythm.

Photo of man sitting in front of projected illustration of dying woman

Multimedia Autoethnography: “Drifting,” an Exploration of Sibling Loss

William Doan·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·August 5, 2021·7 min read

"I'm not exactly sure when I decided to make a performance piece about my sister's traumatic brain injury and death. In fact, I'm not sure there ever was a single moment of decision. Her story had become public in many ways, from online care sites to prayer chains to social media posts from family and friends. Her story was being performed out in the world before I started telling it."

Emotional Research: Performing Autoethnography at My Late Father’s Village

Dilek Isler Hayirli·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Education From the Editors More Reflections on Method Volume 2, Issue 3 (2022)

·November 6, 2022·13 min read

"I had not been aware that this emotional research was also performing autoethnography, collecting memories from the field"

"A Passion Undivided," painting by Blaine A. White inspired by choreographer Pina Bausch

A Poem & Dance for Pina Bausch: “Love Sweet Love”

Jerrice J. Baptiste·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 3, Issue 1 (2023)

·January 5, 2023·3 min read

"I danced each morning with Pina Bausch. I became her pupil lifting my leg up in the air like a flamingo except feeling more awake than I’ve ever been."