Trusting the Bridging Power of Autoethnography

In this essay I explore how autoethnography as a method for fieldwork and for writing has conveyed me to new locales and to new insights that I would not have found without employing it. I also consider how trusting the autoethnographic bridge is not easy and that taking the bridge is not for everyo...

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Veröffentlicht in:International Review of Qualitative Research. - University of California Press. - 7(2014), 3, Seite 283-289
1. Verfasser: Lockford, Lesa (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2014
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:International Review of Qualitative Research
Schlagworte:autoethnographic journeys autoethnography as conveyance autoethnography as connection autoethnography as discovery trust vulnerability teaching autoethnography building bridges toward language meaning and the evocation of experience mehr... Behavioral sciences Applied sciences Physical sciences Arts Linguistics
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Zusammenfassung:In this essay I explore how autoethnography as a method for fieldwork and for writing has conveyed me to new locales and to new insights that I would not have found without employing it. I also consider how trusting the autoethnographic bridge is not easy and that taking the bridge is not for everyone.
ISSN:19408455
DOI:10.1525/irqr.2014.7.3.283