"When I review evocative autoethnography I look for that layer in the contribution that will entertain and connect to a cultural issue."
Ulla-Maija Matikainen·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysAutoethnographic PoetryEducationFrom the EditorsVolume 3, Issue 2 (2023)
··4 min read A tsunami of words, images, learned and pushed feelings and thoughts go through us every day. Poetry is a way to find our own voice.
I use autoethnography to provide first-hand observations in the predominantly conservative English classroom as a way to analyze and understand a rise in toxic masculinity and its detrimental impacts.
This video explores how editors have developed their approach to reviewing creative autoethnography and highlights strategies for contributors.
Dilek Isler Hayirli·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaEducationFrom the EditorsReflections on MethodVolume 2, Issue 3 (2022)
··13 min read"I had not been aware that this emotional research was also performing autoethnography, collecting memories from the field"
I introduce artistic autoethnography and how the term a/r/tifact opens up the imagination to the possibilities of autoethnographic artmaking.
What is autoethnography? The AutoEthnographer's international team of editors offer definitions & suggested readings.
Marlen Harrison·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaEducationFrom the EditorsReflections 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."
"In my interview with award-winning author Patricia Leavy on literary research, we also discuss her evolution from academic to novelist, her genre of "social fiction," and her latest novels series, Celestial Bodies."
"One way to reach broader audiences is to embrace creative nonfiction and use storytelling as academic writing."
What Is The AutoEthnographer Magazine? The AutoEthnographer’s Mission The AutoEthnographer is an award-winning, non-profit, open-access, peer-reviewed literary and arts magazine....
In the women’s history month, The AutoEthnographer supported "Her Story Leads: Amplifying Women’s voices through digital storytelling".
