Black Feminist Autoethnography

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Performance and Autoethnography: Award-winning Artist Offers Exclusive Insight

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.

The Twerking Academic on Black Hair: How Deep Is Your Love?

Shanita Mitchell·

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

·February 8, 2023·3 min read

This piece explores the ways in which identity and esteem are interwoven into the topic of Black hair.

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 More 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.

Journey of Self Love: Autoethnographic Art

Britnie Walston·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 2, Issue 3 (2022)

·September 7, 2022·4 min read

"My oil on canvas series, "Journey of Self Love," depicts a variation of obstacles I've personally had to endure throughout my life as a woman."

“Double Consciousness as a Black American”: New Video from The Twerking Academic

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 2, Issue 3 (2022)

·September 2, 2022·3 min read

"In the newest video from The Twerking Academic, I explore how the summer of 2020 slammed me back into an awareness of my own double consciousness as a Black American."

Autoethnographic Essay: Adventures in Examining Life

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Breaking Personal Boundaries, My Path to the PhD

Climate Epiphany: Dante’s Hell and Our Tragedy with Nature

How to Make Students Laugh in Spanish: Some Serious Considerations

Worlds without Women: Tolkien’s Middle-earth

The Voice’s Standpoint in Creative Expressions: An Artist’s Perspective

Expressions of Care: How to Provide Grief Support

Woken Word: Make Sure the Truth Is Not Omitted

Why Is Sign Language an Important Part of a Deaf Child’s Identity Development?

Autoethnographic Poetry: Embodying Bipolarism in Mania Variations II

What Do Editors Look for When Reviewing Creative Autoethnography?

Horse, Therapy: Trauma and Healing in Animals and Humans

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Recipes of Life: How Kitchens Preserve Intergenerational Narratives

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Spiritual Garnish: The Truth About Western Yoga Spaces

Storytelling as Academic Writing: How to Embrace Creative Nonfiction

Life in Okinawa Under the American Military