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Book Review: Revealing the Mantra of Trauma

Emily LaVergne·
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·November 1, 2024·5 min read
Book Review: Revealing the Mantra of Trauma Author’s Memo This review of The Trauma Mantras seeks to convey the profound...
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Four Essays on Being Trans in the Anthropocene: Milk

Aislin Neufeldt·
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·August 31, 2023·17 min read
What is my responsibility as a trans feminine person when the human-induced strain on the planet is the driver of the climate crisis?
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An Experimental Film About Television & the Quick Prize of Midnight Plasticity

Devin Welch·
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·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.
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Narrating Estrangement: Is the Familial Bond Inevitably Strong Life-long?

Guillermo Rebollo Gil·
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·June 15, 2023·5 min read
Narrating Estrangement is written by those who have decided to distance themselves from, or have been driven out by, their families.
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Book Review: My Life with Things: The Consumer Diaries

Guillermo Rebollo Gil·
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·April 18, 2023·6 min read
Editor Guillermo Gil's latest book review examines Chin who highlights her relationship to things, and/or her obsessing over wanting and buying things, and many more.
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Zona, Mon Amour: A Micro-autoethnography of a Rare Disease

Serpil Aygün Cengiz and Dilek Isler Hayirli·
All ContentAutoethnographic Flash NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 2 (2023)
·March 29, 2023·3 min read
Zona. I have always thought that names of diseases sound so beautiful. This is the story of a disease that lives with me.
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Visitation, an Autoethnodrama in One Act

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·December 12, 2022·23 min read
"In this autoethnodrama, a woman terminates a pregnancy without telling her husband."
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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·
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·December 12, 2022·14 min read
What is autoethnography? The AutoEthnographer's international team of editors offer definitions & suggested readings.
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Can We Live Autoethnography? Getting to Know Marieke Slovin Lewis

Marieke Slovin Lewis·
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·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."
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Autoethnography and Artwork: Revealing Oppression in “Supreme Justice”

Dominique Elliott·
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·November 30, 2022·2 min read
"Combining autoethnography and artwork, Supreme Justice aims to reveal the persistence of institutionalized oppression of women through history."
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Emotional Research: Performing Autoethnography at My Late Father’s Village

Dilek Isler Hayirli·
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·November 6, 2022·13 min read
"I had not been aware that this emotional research was also performing autoethnography, collecting memories from the field"
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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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