Reflections on Method

Firsthand accounts, interviews, useful strategies, and reflections on what it’s like to craft autoethnography.

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Social Fiction: How Leavy Pioneers a New Genre

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024 Reflections on Method

·March 15, 2024·23 min read

Christine Sleeter writes about Dr. Patricia Leavy's new genre, Sleeter's own books and her reflections on the social fiction series.

Between Low-Fat Love and A Big Life

U. Melissa Anyiwo·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024 Reflections on Method

·February 27, 2024·31 min read

This piece is intended to give you a sense of the ways in which I use Low-Fat Love in the classroom and why just using it makes the world a better place.

Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy’s Body of Work: An Introduction to This Special Issue

Laurel Richardson and U. Melissa Anyiwo·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024 Reflections on Method

·February 13, 2024·14 min read

Laurel Richardson and U. Melissa Anyiwo writes the introduction to this special issue celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy’s work.

Editorial: On Social Fiction, Stories, and the 2024 Special Issue of The AutoEthnographer

Patricia Leavy·

All Content Autoethnographic Essays Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024 Reflections on Method

·February 11, 2024·11 min read

Writing fiction allows me to document reality and to reimagine it, just as we can always reimagine ourselves. And that is why we need stories.

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 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.

Photo of woman in museum by Hermann for Pixabay

Artistic Autoethnography: How Can We Open the Door to Boundless Artmaking?

Karenanna Boyle Creps·

All Content Education Reflections on Method Volume 3, Issue 1 (2023)

·March 1, 2023·4 min read

I introduce artistic autoethnography and how the term a/r/tifact opens up the imagination to the possibilities of autoethnographic artmaking.

Screenshot of black woman dancing from Shanita Mitchell's A Seat at the Table

New Podcast: Finding Joy in Artistic Performance as Black Feminist Autoethnography

Shanita Mitchell and Renata Ferdinand·

All Content From the Editors Interviews Podcasts Reflections on Method Volume 2, Issue 4 (2022)

·February 5, 2023·4 min read

How do creatives find joy in artistic performance as a form of black feminist autoethnography? Podcast & video.

What Do Editors Look for When Reviewing Creative Autoethnography?

Marlen Harrison, Odessa Ogo, Shanita Mitchell, Dilek Isler Hayirli, Sandra L. Faulkner, Jessica Smartt Gullion, Jacob Meadows, Nadine Khair and Lina Fe Simoy·

All Content Education From the Editors Reflections on Method Volume 2, Issue 4 (2022)

·January 12, 2023·7 min read

This video explores how editors have developed their approach to reviewing creative autoethnography and highlights strategies for contributors.

New Podcast: How Can Collage Be Utilized in Autoethnography?

Marlen Harrison and Sandra L. Faulkner·

All Content News, Interviews & Reviews Podcasts Reflections on Method Volume 3, Issue 1 (2023)

·January 6, 2023·16 min read

In The AutoEthnographer’s latest podcast, Marlen Harrison talks with Sandra Faulkner about collage and visual poetry.

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Marlen Harrison, Sandra L. Faulkner, Jessica Smartt Gullion, Nadine Khair, Lina Fe Simoy, Dilek Isler Hayirli and Ulla-Maija Matikainen·

All Content Education From the Editors Reflections on Method Volume 2, Issue 4 (2022)

·December 12, 2022·14 min read

What is autoethnography? The AutoEthnographer's international team of editors offer definitions & suggested readings.

Illustration of woman with guitar by EFES for Pixabay

Can We Live Autoethnography? Getting to Know Marieke Slovin Lewis

Marieke Slovin Lewis·

All Content Reflections on Method Volume 2, Issue 4 (2022)

·December 9, 2022·5 min read

"It is my hope that these words will serve as the beginning of an ongoing dialogue about what it means to live autoethnography."

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

Dilek Isler Hayirli·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Education From the Editors 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"

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Storytelling as Academic Writing: How to Embrace Creative Nonfiction

Life in Okinawa Under the American Military

Autoethnographic Essay: The Unbearable Triteness of Being (Middle Class)

Autoethnography Questions? Ask an AutoEthnographer

Reflections on Method

Performance and Autoethnography: Award-winning Artist Offers Exclusive Insight

Artistic Autoethnography: How Can We Open the Door to Boundless Artmaking?

New Podcast: Finding Joy in Artistic Performance as Black Feminist Autoethnography

What Do Editors Look for When Reviewing Creative Autoethnography?

New Podcast: How Can Collage Be Utilized in Autoethnography?

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Can We Live Autoethnography? Getting to Know Marieke Slovin Lewis

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

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

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