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What is Autoethnography

Chapter 3
Global Perspectives on Strategic Storytelling in Destination Marketing
A type of qualitative research that includes a reflection of the author’s personal experience with socio-cultural issues, in the context of the research topic.
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Autoethnography of Cultural Heritage Tourism Documentary Production: A Story of Tourism Storytelling
Jason R. Swanson (University of Kentucky, USA) and Taylor Johannigman (University of Kentucky, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3436-9.ch003
Abstract
Using an auto-ethnographic approach, this chapter describes aspects of how a story about cultural and heritage tourism is produced as a documentary for public television. A documentary storytelling production about a proposed national heritage area in the United States provides a case study for the chapter. Included is a discussion of ethical dilemmas that arose during documentary production and how the dilemmas were addressed. Ethical dilemmas included dealing with concerns about protecting people and property, telling stories about subjects that could be viewed as controversial, covering narratives that have been neglected through history, and avoiding advancing stereotypes about people in the subject region. Solutions to dilemmas were found in how stories were crafted for the documentary production.
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Critical Autoethnography for Social Justice Research in Doctoral Education
An often-cited definition of autoethnography was offered by Ellis and Bochner (2000) as “auto” (the self), the “ethno” (the culture), and the “graphy” (the research process).
Published in Chapter: Critical Autoethnography for Social Justice Research in Doctoral Education; From: Promoting Qualitative Research Methods for Critical Reflection and Change
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Autoethnography and Other Self-Inquiry Methods for Practice-Based Doctoral Research
An often-cited definition of autoethnography was offered by Ellis and Bochner (2000) as “auto” (the self), the “ethno” (the culture), and the “graphy” (the research process).
Published in Chapter: Autoethnography and Other Self-Inquiry Methods for Practice-Based Doctoral Research; From: Practice-Based and Practice-Led Research for Dissertation Development
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Communicating Quadriplegia: An Autoethnography of Disability Perceptions.
Autoethnography is an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and systematically analyze personal experience to understand cultural experience. This approach challenges canonical ways of doing research and representing others and treats research as a political, socially-just, and socially-conscious acts.
Published in Chapter: Communicating Quadriplegia: An Autoethnography of Disability Perceptions.; From: Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics
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The Power of Storying Leadership: Untold Stories of Leaders of Color for K12 Leadership
Research inquiry that collects different forms of expression to link the autobiographical with the multiple contexts it exists within for greater meaning-making.
Published in Chapter: The Power of Storying Leadership: Untold Stories of Leaders of Color for K12 Leadership; From: Pursuing Equity and Success for Marginalized Educational Leaders
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Writing in Times of Crisis: A Theoretical Model for Understanding Genre Formation
An inquiry/writing genre that hinges on the “self” as its major epistemological lens.
Published in Chapter: Writing in Times of Crisis: A Theoretical Model for Understanding Genre Formation; From: Rhetoric and Sociolinguistics in Times of Global Crisis
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My Path to L2 Identity: Reflections on My Bilingual Life as an English Language Learner and Itinerant Teacher
An emerging research method in which reflective practice/self-reflection is used to understand identity. In an autoethnography, an author’s reflections on personal experiences are connected to wider cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings.
Published in Chapter: My Path to L2 Identity: Reflections on My Bilingual Life as an English Language Learner and Itinerant Teacher; From: Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories
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Creating Reflective Peer Leaders: Developing Doctoral Student Reflective Practice Through Instruction, Mentoring, and Community
An approach to qualitative research that systematically uses self-reflection and personal experience to analyze and understand cultural, political, and social phenomena.
Published in Chapter: Creating Reflective Peer Leaders: Developing Doctoral Student Reflective Practice Through Instruction, Mentoring, and Community; From: Best Practices and Programmatic Approaches for Mentoring Educational Leaders
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Interdisciplinary Communication: Paving the Way for Gamification in Entrepreneurship Education – A Case Study From a Medium-Sized UK University
A research method involving self-reflection that aims at drawing on one’s own lived experience to impart knowledge, whereby the researcher is also the research subject.
Published in Chapter: Interdisciplinary Communication: Paving the Way for Gamification in Entrepreneurship Education – A Case Study From a Medium-Sized UK University; From: Handbook of Research on the Influence and Effectiveness of Gamification in Education
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Humility Matters: Interrogating Our Positionality, Power, and Privilege Through Collaboration
Personal narratives that an author will illuminate for critical analysis or interpretation.
Published in Chapter: Humility Matters: Interrogating Our Positionality, Power, and Privilege Through Collaboration; From: Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education
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Third Space Possibilities of Storytelling: Exploring Diverse Experiences Through Autoethnography
A research method that uses personal experiences to understand a greater social and cultural issue.
Published in Chapter: Third Space Possibilities of Storytelling: Exploring Diverse Experiences Through Autoethnography; From: Third-Space Exploration in Education
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Two Languages, One Self: The Story of My Bilingual Journey
A qualitative research method that focuses on social and cultural aspects of one’s personal experience. The term refers to the narration (graphy), culture (ethno), and self (auto).
Published in Chapter: Two Languages, One Self: The Story of My Bilingual Journey; From: Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories
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Film's Role in Virtual Learning and Pandemic Shifts
A form of qualitative research that takes into account the autobiographical experiences of the researcher, drawing on a number of data collection methods, including but not limited to interviews, recordings, journaling, and document analysis.
Published in Chapter: Film's Role in Virtual Learning and Pandemic Shifts; From: Affordances of Film for Literacy Instruction
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“Seven Cloaks on Campus”: The Autoethnographic Account of a Female Professor in UK Higher Education
Is an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and systematically analyse personal experience to understand cultural experience.
Published in Chapter: “Seven Cloaks on Campus”: The Autoethnographic Account of a Female Professor in UK Higher Education; From: Women in Higher Education and the Journey to Mid-Career: Challenges and Opportunities
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We've Never Done It This Way Before: Boundaries of Digital Ethnography
An autoethnographic approach to examining how practice is shaped in online community, and what boundaries and affordances there are for identity and considering pedagogy in online spaces, while at the same time exploring the boundaries and possibilities of autoethnographic work in the digital world.
Published in Chapter: We've Never Done It This Way Before: Boundaries of Digital Ethnography; From: Practices, Challenges, and Prospects of Digital Ethnography as a Multidisciplinary Method
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Using Autoethnography to Engage in Critical Inquiry in TESOL: A Tool for Teacher Learning and Reflection
A qualitative method where the researcher uses reflection and narrative writing to make sense of personal experiences in a cultural, social, and political context. Chang (2008) claimed that through autoethnography, educators could collect, analyze, and interpret their own autobiographical data to gain a cultural understanding of the connectivity between self and others.
Published in Chapter: Using Autoethnography to Engage in Critical Inquiry in TESOL: A Tool for Teacher Learning and Reflection; From: TESOL Guide for Critical Praxis in Teaching, Inquiry, and Advocacy
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Contending With Word Choices in Cross-Cultural Teacher Preparation: Reflections on Power and Positionality
An introspective method of reflecting upon and studying personal experiences as a means to better understand larger social issues.
Published in Chapter: Contending With Word Choices in Cross-Cultural Teacher Preparation: Reflections on Power and Positionality; From: Handbook of Research on Social Justice and Equity in Education
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Distance Learning in Chemical Engineering: Past, Present, and Future
A research method that seeks to explore and analyse personal experience, as a means to understand and connect personal experience with a wider social or cultural experience.
Published in Chapter: Distance Learning in Chemical Engineering: Past, Present, and Future; From: Handbook of Research on Determining the Reliability of Online Assessment and Distance Learning
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Developing Literary Tourism to Support Local Culture and Tourism: The Case of Shkodra
A research instrument for collecting primary data based on personal experience (“auto”) which is used as a starting point to reflect, describe and interpret (“graphy”) social and cultural practices, experiences, and beliefs (“ethno”).
Published in Chapter: Developing Literary Tourism to Support Local Culture and Tourism: The Case of Shkodra; From: Handbook of Research on Cultural Tourism and Sustainability
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The Transformation of an ESL Teacher From the Face-to-Face to the Online Environment
A form of qualitative research in which an author uses self-reflection and writing to explore their personal experience and connect their experiences to a wider understanding of the world.
Published in Chapter: The Transformation of an ESL Teacher From the Face-to-Face to the Online Environment; From: Faculty Roles and Changing Expectations in the New Age
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Intrapreneurship at University: A Sustainable Strategy to Handle Resource Crunch
A form of qualitative research that focuses on author’s self-reflection to explore a situation based personal experience and understanding.
Published in Chapter: Intrapreneurship at University: A Sustainable Strategy to Handle Resource Crunch; From: Handbook of Research on Approaches to Alternative Entrepreneurship Opportunities
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Multilingualism and the Formation of Political Consciousness: Stories From Hungary and Beyond
A methodology used by researchers to reflect on their experiences in order to deepen understanding of phenomena.
Published in Chapter: Multilingualism and the Formation of Political Consciousness: Stories From Hungary and Beyond; From: Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories
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Crossing the Borders of Four Countries: L2 Learning and Identity Negotiation Trajectories
A type of qualitative research methodology in which the researcher critically reflects upon their past experiences and connects those experiences to larger social issues.
Published in Chapter: Crossing the Borders of Four Countries: L2 Learning and Identity Negotiation Trajectories; From: Autoethnographic Perspectives on Multilingual Life Stories
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Reflections of Faculty Teaching Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Is a form of qualitative research where the author reflects and then writes down his/her experiences in a personal anecdotal form.
Published in Chapter: Reflections of Faculty Teaching Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic; From: Handbook of Research on Inequities in Online Education During Global Crises
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I Am Woke: Unmasking Race, Gender, and Power From Within a TESOL Affiliate
An autobiographical narrative in which the author draws upon their lived experiences.
Published in Chapter: I Am Woke: Unmasking Race, Gender, and Power From Within a TESOL Affiliate; From: TESOL Guide for Critical Praxis in Teaching, Inquiry, and Advocacy
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Surviving the Mourning: An Advocation for Empathy
Autoethnography is the deliberate linkage association between “the personal and the cultural” experiences we live through, in, and those we still await (Daly, 2007 AU12: The in-text citation "Daly, 2007" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. , p. 92).
Published in Chapter: Surviving the Mourning: An Advocation for Empathy; From: Achieving Equity in Higher Education Using Empathy as a Guiding Principle
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The Odd Science Teacher: Introduction to Intrapersonal Communication
The application of the research methodology of ethnography by a researcher, to his/her own life.
Published in Chapter: The Odd Science Teacher: Introduction to Intrapersonal Communication; From: A Social-Scientific Examination of the Dynamics of Communication, Thought, and Selves
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My Experience Tells the Story: Exploring Technology Adoption from a Qualitative Perspective - A Pilot Study
Autoethnography is an autobiographical genre of writing that, make[s] the researcher’s own experiences a topic of investigation in [their] own right. Autoethnographers “ask their readers to feel the truth of their stories and to become co-participants, engaging in storyline[s] morally, emotionally, aesthetically, and intellectually.
Published in Chapter: My Experience Tells the Story: Exploring Technology Adoption from a Qualitative Perspective - A Pilot Study; From: Handbook of Research on Human Performance and Instructional Technology
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Chapter 10
Give and Take, the Love and Hate Relationship: Black Identity, Plantation Politics, and Leadership
An approach and a process to critically examine, reflect, amplify, and legitimize reflexive personal narrative and experiences as/in research, as a way to speak truth to power.
Published in Chapter: Give and Take, the Love and Hate Relationship: Black Identity, Plantation Politics, and Leadership; From: Black Women Navigating Historically White Higher Education Institutions and the Journey Toward Liberation
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Interweaving Narrative Methods Into a Mandala of Transformational Practices
An ethnographic method where the author uses a biographical approach.
Published in Chapter: Interweaving Narrative Methods Into a Mandala of Transformational Practices; From: Narrative Theory and Therapy in the Post-Truth Era
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Youth-Led Action Research: Lessons Learned From a University-Community Partnership in Washington DC
A mixture of autobiography and ethnography where an author writes in the first person about their personal experience during a shared cultural experience.
Published in Chapter: Youth-Led Action Research: Lessons Learned From a University-Community Partnership in Washington DC; From: Social Justice Research Methods for Doctoral Research
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Film as a Text Situated With Other Multimodal Texts
A research process that focuses on the individual’s account in which the author is also the participant.
Published in Chapter: Film as a Text Situated With Other Multimodal Texts; From: Affordances of Film for Literacy Instruction
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Teaching While Black, Oh and a Woman
A qualitative research design where the author uses self-reflection and writing to explore personal experience to connect their story to more significant structural, cultural, or societal understandings or events.
Published in Chapter: Teaching While Black, Oh and a Woman; From: Black Women Navigating Historically White Higher Education Institutions and the Journey Toward Liberation
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The Long-Term Washback Effect of University Entrance Exams: An EFL Learner and Teacher's Critical Autoethnography of Socialization
Simply put, a qualitative research methodology that draws on and analyzes or interprets the researcher/participant’s lived experience and connects their beliefs/thoughts/ emotions to sociocultural items, structures, and resources.
Published in Chapter: The Long-Term Washback Effect of University Entrance Exams: An EFL Learner and Teacher's Critical Autoethnography of Socialization; From: Handbook of Research on Perspectives in Foreign Language Assessment
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Faculty Development Through Collaborative Online International Learning
A form of qualitative research in which an author uses self-reflection and writing to explore anecdotal and personal experience and connect this autobiographical story to wider cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings.
Published in Chapter: Faculty Development Through Collaborative Online International Learning; From: Developments in Virtual Learning Environments and the Global Workplace
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Social Justice Mathematics Activism to Develop Student Identity as a Global Citizen
A research methodology that centers around the self to describe and interpret cultural texts, experiences, beliefs, and practices.
Published in Chapter: Social Justice Mathematics Activism to Develop Student Identity as a Global Citizen; From: Handbook of Research on Promoting Global Citizenship Education
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