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Echoes of War: Poems on Combat, Culture, and Survival

Roger Camp·
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·December 14, 2024·5 min read
Military culture includes a rich collection of symbols, beliefs, values, language, dress, behaviors, relationships, and work.
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The Taste of Songbirds: Poems of Love and Memory

Jill Gonet·
All ContentAutoethnographic PoetryVolume 4, Issue 4 (2024)
·December 14, 2024·11 min read
This work illustrates the very personal process of a Chinese-born immigrant to the U.S. and a U.S. born citizen learning about each other's cultures over the course of a 27 year marriage.
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Syrian Identity and Academic Self: Emerging Research or Ruthless Methodology?

Ataa Alsalloum·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysVolume 4, Issue 3 (2024)
·September 10, 2024·23 min read
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.
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When Whistles Melt into Beeps: Four Poems for AutoEthnographer

Jhilam Chattaraj·
All ContentAutoethnographic PoetryVolume 4, Issue 2 (2024)
·May 16, 2024·6 min read
When Whistles Melt into Beeps: Four Poems for AutoEthnographer Author’s Memo I approach poetry as a vessel to preserve the...
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Aspy In The Skype With Diamonds (A Love Poem)

Robin Knight·
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·October 20, 2023·10 min read
These pieces explore through personal experience the cultural phenomena of migrant loss of identity and subordination, post colonialism, othering
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Hair and Social Standards: Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?

Wendy K. Mages·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 2 (2023)
·May 14, 2023·9 min read
This piece on hair describes how ideas of what is and is not fashionable, as depicted in popular media, can indelibly affect one’s self-perception and identity.
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Our Marriage Began in an Epidemic: Autoethnography of a Diagnosis

MC Guerrero·
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·March 5, 2023·15 min read
"This is an autoethnographic narrative where I use my own marriage to tell a story about love, bodily autonomy, acceptance and illness."
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New Podcast & Video: How do Google & Autoethnography Go Together?

Marlen Harrison, Kasey McCormack, Sophie Olsen, Amanda Lapin and Addison Tice·
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·February 22, 2023·17 min read
In today's new podcast & video Marlen Harrison talks with current marketing interns about the role of culture in using Google Ads.
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New Podcast: In What Ways Do Autoethnography & Painting Go Together?

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·November 5, 2022·15 min read
"Award-winning artist, Suzanne Hughes, talks about autoethnography and painting. Suzanne is responsible for the cover art for our special issue based on climate change."
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Autoethnography and Culture: Exploring Embodied Inquiry with Celeste Snowber

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·September 14, 2022·10 min read
"Autoethnography and culture: Embodied inquiry is not a formula, or methodology, but a way of being, being open to the body as a source of knowledge, wonder, difficulty, fragility and utter joy."
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