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Multimedia Autoethnography: On ‘Being’ and ‘Knowing’ a Body

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·October 23, 2021·3 min read

”I share this artistic piece as an invitation to problematise and think further about not only the Autoethnographic “I/We” in what I/we can know about ourselves and our bodies but also to make space for the incoherence that becomes a part of “being” and “knowing” in explorations of fragmentation and loss.”

Black Feminist Grit: “A Seat at the Table” with The Twerking Academic

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·November 7, 2021·3 min read

“A Seat at the Table” is the autoethnographic manifestation of my vulnerability, anger, and anguish, of my black feminist grit."

The Twerking Academic: Bodily Autonomy & “My Stuff”, a Multimedia Performance

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·November 13, 2021·3 min read

"Then comes that special brand of rage and dejection that the patriarchy inspires by attempting to steal away with my bodily autonomy."

Interview with Poet Jacob Meadows, Author of Shades

Marlen Harrison and Jacob Meadows·

All Content Autoethnographic Poetry Interviews Reflections on Method Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)

·December 13, 2021·11 min read

"It is in finding these solutions, the tape and the glue that holds us all together, that we find the beauty of who we are as people."

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Technicolor Third Space: Why Did We Develop the AutoEthnographer?

Marlen Harrison·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Education From the Editors More Reflections on Method Volume 2, Issue 1 (2022)

·December 31, 2021·5 min read

"In this brief, animated autoethnography, I utilize the concept of a sociocultural third space to consider why evocative autoethnography can benefit from its own literary and arts journal."

The Twerking Academic: “Strong Black Woman”, a Multimedia Autoethnography

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 2, Issue 1 (2022)

·February 10, 2022·3 min read

"At what age does a Black woman learn that it is her job to be strong?"

The Twerking Academic: “Four Women,” a Multimedia Autoethnography

Shanita Mitchell·

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

·April 22, 2022·3 min read

I pay homage to Nina Simone’s already iconic and thorough exploration of stereotypes by setting the project to the song “Four Women.”

“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."

The Pandemic Nature Project, Filmed Vignettes of Life During COVID

David Heineman·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Climate Change Special Issue, 2022 Special Issues Volume 2, Issue 3 (2022)

·September 2, 2022·2 min read

"The Pandemic Nature Project is a 35-minute short autoethnographic film that traces a series of personal experiences, emotional reactions, and critical responses to COVID across a series of short vignettes."