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

Æ: Musings from the Editors All Autoethnographic Multimedia Education 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"

Photo of baby chicks by Michael Anfang for Unsplash

Losing a Hatch of Baby Chicks, or Mourning (Unfinished)

Crystal Sands·

All Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·November 6, 2022·11 min read

""Mourning (Unfinished)" is an essay about the way my experiences with farm animals helped me come to terms with a miscarriage."

Painting of two women by Mary Cassat from Shelbourne Museum

Autoethnographic Literary Fiction: Processing Parental Grief, “The Sweater”

Michelle Shreeve·

All Autoethnographic Literary Fiction Features Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·June 20, 2022·5 min read

"Processing Parental Grief" As she started to tear up, the sweater instantly felt like her mother's arms wrapping around her. In that moment, Kathy realized she would never again be able to hide in that sweater while her mother was wearing it.

Angel of Death illustration by Ria Sopala from Pixabay

Flash Nonfiction: “The Things They Carried,” A Glimpse Into the Funeral Industry

Hollace Sheppard·

All Autoethnographic Flash Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)

·May 10, 2022·3 min read

"And these are the things I carry: the memories of those gone before us; the names of those entrusted to me to care for."

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Grieving from Miles

Saurabh Anand·

All Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction Autoethnographic Writing Volume 2, Issue 1 (2022)

·January 25, 2022·9 min read

I couldn't go to India for the past two years due to COVID-19 uncertainties and be with the rest of my family to help them navigate through this earth-shattering loss when they needed me the most, a sad reality of many international students.”

Photo of man sitting in front of projected illustration of dying woman

Multimedia Autoethnography: “Drifting,” an Exploration of Sibling Loss

William Doan·

All Autoethnographic Multimedia Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·August 5, 2021·7 min read

"I'm not exactly sure when I decided to make a performance piece about my sister's traumatic brain injury and death. In fact, I'm not sure there ever was a single moment of decision. Her story had become public in many ways, from online care sites to prayer chains to social media posts from family and friends. Her story was being performed out in the world before I started telling it."

Photo of Man covered with sticky notes by Luis Villasmil for Unsplash

Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

Jacob Meadows·

All Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·July 6, 2021·7 min read

“Tired,” the titular poem and the collection at large, is an autoethnography looking at the cause of so much pain, so much fatigue. Anthropomorphizing the feeling of being tired gave me creative license to dramatize and explore the real experiences of needing a break...

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