Autoethnography

Process, Product, and Possibility for Critical Social Research

Sherick A. Hughes - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA

Julie L. Pennington - University of Nevada, Reno, USA

Qualitative Methods | Qualitative Research | Sociological Research Methods

October 2016 | 272 pages | Sage US

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2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award winner

Autoethnography: Process, Product, and Possibility for Critical Social Research provides a short introduction to the methodological tools and concepts of autoethnography, combining theoretical approaches with practical “how to” information. Written for social science students, teachers, teacher educators, and educational researchers, the text shows readers how autoethnographers collect, analyze, and report data. With its grounding in critical social theory and inclusion of innovative methods, this practical resource will move the field of autoethnography forward.

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

PART I • HISTORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AS CRITICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH

Chapter 1. Autoethnography: Introduction and Overview
Focus Your Reading
Histories of Autoethnography
Defined Functions of Autoethnography Applied as Critical Social Research
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 2. Mining and Priming Critical Social Theory for Autoethnography
Focus Your Reading
What Is Theory?
What Is Social Theory?
What Is Critical Social Theory?
Emergent Critical Social Theorizing in Autoethnography
Guidelines for Infusing Theory into Autoethnography
Concluding Thoughts
Individual Activity
Individual and Two-Person Group Activity
Sites for Students to Consider

PART II • DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO GUIDING PROCESS

Chapter 3. First Guiding Process: Problematizing What You Know for New-Self Insight
Focus Your Reading
Theoretical Foundation
Designing Autoethnography: Problematizing Data Collection and Analysis Strategies
Deciding to Do Autoethnography: Problematizing a Linear Approach to Self-Exploration
Directing Autoethnography: Problematizing Uniformed Applications
Problematizing Ethics and Institutional Review Board Approval
Concluding Thoughts
Individual Activity
Individual and Group Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 4. Second Guiding Process: Legitimizing Autoethnography With Three Approaches
Focus Your Reading
Theoretical Foundations of Legitimizing
Reflexivity
Three Approaches to Legitimizing Autoethnography
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 5. Third Guiding Process: Synthesizing New-Self Insights With MICA
Focus Your Reading
What Is Qualitative Meta-Synthesis?
What Is Meta-Autoethnography?
Introducing MICA
Sample Application of the MICA Method
Synthesis as Translation: A Reciprocal Analogy
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider

PART III • THE FUTURE OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: A PRISM OF POSSIBILITY

Chapter 6. The Possibility of Autoethnography as Critically Reflexive Action Research
Focus Your Reading
The Origins and Elements of CRAR
Selection Process for Autoethnography Literature to Consider as CRAR
Finding Autoethnographies Demonstrating CRAR
Applying the CRAR Checklist/Rubric to Laubscher and Powell
Applying the CRAR Checklist/Rubric to Hughes
Concluding Thoughts: Toward Communicative Competence and Communicative Praxis
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 7. Anticipating the Future of Autoethnography as Critical Social Research
Focus Your Reading
Growth and Creativity, Yet Sustained Skepticism and Criticism
Taking Healthy Risks: Growth in Autoethnographic Dissertations
Addressing Gaps in Autoethnography for the Future of the Genre
Publishing Autoethnography: Journals and Academic Publishers
Toward an Evolving Online Reading List for Autoethnography

Appendixes

A. Autoethnography Data Representation: An Example
B. Sample Undergraduate Mini-Autoethnography Student Work
C. Sample Mini-Autoethnography Midterm Assignment— Undergraduate Level
D. Sample Syllabus for an Autoethnography Course—Graduate Level

Glossary

References

Index

Additional materials

Description

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

PART I • HISTORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AS CRITICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH

Chapter 1. Autoethnography: Introduction and Overview
Focus Your Reading
Histories of Autoethnography
Defined Functions of Autoethnography Applied as Critical Social Research
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 2. Mining and Priming Critical Social Theory for Autoethnography
Focus Your Reading
What Is Theory?
What Is Social Theory?
What Is Critical Social Theory?
Emergent Critical Social Theorizing in Autoethnography
Guidelines for Infusing Theory into Autoethnography
Concluding Thoughts
Individual Activity
Individual and Two-Person Group Activity
Sites for Students to Consider

PART II • DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO GUIDING PROCESS

Chapter 3. First Guiding Process: Problematizing What You Know for New-Self Insight
Focus Your Reading
Theoretical Foundation
Designing Autoethnography: Problematizing Data Collection and Analysis Strategies
Deciding to Do Autoethnography: Problematizing a Linear Approach to Self-Exploration
Directing Autoethnography: Problematizing Uniformed Applications
Problematizing Ethics and Institutional Review Board Approval
Concluding Thoughts
Individual Activity
Individual and Group Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 4. Second Guiding Process: Legitimizing Autoethnography With Three Approaches
Focus Your Reading
Theoretical Foundations of Legitimizing
Reflexivity
Three Approaches to Legitimizing Autoethnography
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 5. Third Guiding Process: Synthesizing New-Self Insights With MICA
Focus Your Reading
What Is Qualitative Meta-Synthesis?
What Is Meta-Autoethnography?
Introducing MICA
Sample Application of the MICA Method
Synthesis as Translation: A Reciprocal Analogy
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider

PART III • THE FUTURE OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: A PRISM OF POSSIBILITY

Chapter 6. The Possibility of Autoethnography as Critically Reflexive Action Research
Focus Your Reading
The Origins and Elements of CRAR
Selection Process for Autoethnography Literature to Consider as CRAR
Finding Autoethnographies Demonstrating CRAR
Applying the CRAR Checklist/Rubric to Laubscher and Powell
Applying the CRAR Checklist/Rubric to Hughes
Concluding Thoughts: Toward Communicative Competence and Communicative Praxis
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 7. Anticipating the Future of Autoethnography as Critical Social Research
Focus Your Reading
Growth and Creativity, Yet Sustained Skepticism and Criticism
Taking Healthy Risks: Growth in Autoethnographic Dissertations
Addressing Gaps in Autoethnography for the Future of the Genre
Publishing Autoethnography: Journals and Academic Publishers
Toward an Evolving Online Reading List for Autoethnography

Appendixes

A. Autoethnography Data Representation: An Example
B. Sample Undergraduate Mini-Autoethnography Student Work
C. Sample Mini-Autoethnography Midterm Assignment— Undergraduate Level
D. Sample Syllabus for an Autoethnography Course—Graduate Level

Glossary

References

Index

Additional materials

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Process, Product, and Possibility for Critical Social Research

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Chapter 2: Mining and Priming Critical Social Theory for Autoethnography
Preface
Chapter 5: Third Guiding Process: Synthesizing New-Self Insights
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
PART I • HISTORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AS CRITICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH
Chapter 1. Autoethnography: Introduction and Overview
Focus Your Reading
Histories of Autoethnography
Defined Functions of Autoethnography Applied as Critical Social Research
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 2. Mining and Priming Critical Social Theory for Autoethnography
Focus Your Reading
What Is Theory?
What Is Social Theory?
What Is Critical Social Theory?
Emergent Critical Social Theorizing in Autoethnography
Guidelines for Infusing Theory into Autoethnography
Concluding Thoughts
Individual Activity
Individual and Two-Person Group Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
PART II • DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO GUIDING PROCESS
Chapter 3. First Guiding Process: Problematizing What You Know for New-Self Insight
Focus Your Reading
Theoretical Foundation
Designing Autoethnography: Problematizing Data Collection and Analysis Strategies
Deciding to Do Autoethnography: Problematizing a Linear Approach to Self-Exploration
Directing Autoethnography: Problematizing Uniformed Applications
Problematizing Ethics and Institutional Review Board Approval
Concluding Thoughts
Individual Activity
Individual and Group Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 4. Second Guiding Process: Legitimizing Autoethnography With Three Approaches
Focus Your Reading
Theoretical Foundations of Legitimizing
Reflexivity
Three Approaches to Legitimizing Autoethnography
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 5. Third Guiding Process: Synthesizing New-Self Insights With MICA
Focus Your Reading
What Is Qualitative Meta-Synthesis?
What Is Meta-Autoethnography?
Introducing MICA
Sample Application of the MICA Method
Synthesis as Translation: A Reciprocal Analogy
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
PART III • THE FUTURE OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: A PRISM OF POSSIBILITY
Chapter 6. The Possibility of Autoethnography as Critically Reflexive Action Research
Focus Your Reading
The Origins and Elements of CRAR
Selection Process for Autoethnography Literature to Consider as CRAR
Finding Autoethnographies Demonstrating CRAR
Applying the CRAR Checklist/Rubric to Laubscher and Powell
Applying the CRAR Checklist/Rubric to Hughes
Concluding Thoughts: Toward Communicative Competence and Communicative Praxis
Concluding Thoughts
Group Activity
Individual Activity
Sites for Students to Consider
Chapter 7. Anticipating the Future of Autoethnography as Critical Social Research
Focus Your Reading
Growth and Creativity, Yet Sustained Skepticism and Criticism
Taking Healthy Risks: Growth in Autoethnographic Dissertations
Addressing Gaps in Autoethnography for the Future of the Genre
Publishing Autoethnography: Journals and Academic Publishers
Toward an Evolving Online Reading List for Autoethnography
Appendixes
A. Autoethnography Data Representation: An Example
B. Sample Undergraduate Mini-Autoethnography Student Work
C. Sample Mini-Autoethnography Midterm Assignment— Undergraduate Level
D. Sample Syllabus for an Autoethnography Course—Graduate Level
Glossary
References
Index

Recent Product Reviews:

Numerous students look into autoethnography as a research methodology especially because it is well tuned to counselling psychology philosophy. This is an excellent book, with clear theory and also practical advice and a step-by-step process.

Dr Angela Loulopoulou, Department of Psychology, London Metropolitan University

I found this book informative and easy to read and understand

Ms Joanne Thomas, Faculty of Health, Birmingham City University

“A very thorough and thoughtful introduction to and explanation of autoethnography. This text explores the historical foundations, theoretical frameworks, and future directions of autoethnography as both process and product. The book is an important and useful book to add to the qualitative researcher’s library and a great overview for those new to autoethnography.”

Xyanthe Neider, Washington State University

“This book seeks to accomplish a great service for those of us interested and working with qualitative research. The quest for a solid text on autoethnography that balances epistemological and methodological concerns is lacking, and this text addresses those gaps.”

Kenneth Fasching-Varner, Louisiana State University

“This text proposes activities that aim to teach self-reflexivity and explicate how to engage in autoethnographic inquiry. Such a hands-on, applied approach is key for learning this mode of inquiry.”

Amy Heuman, Texas Tech University

Autoethnography

Description

Contents

Additional materials

Description

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

PART I • HISTORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AS CRITICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH

PART I • HISTORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AS CRITICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH

PART II • DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO GUIDING PROCESS

PART II • DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO GUIDING PROCESS

PART III • THE FUTURE OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: A PRISM OF POSSIBILITY

PART III • THE FUTURE OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: A PRISM OF POSSIBILITY

Appendixes

Appendixes

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

Description

Contents

Contents

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

PART I • HISTORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AS CRITICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH

PART I • HISTORIES AND APPLICATIONS OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY AS CRITICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH

PART II • DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO GUIDING PROCESS

PART II • DOING AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: FROM BRAINSTORMING TO GUIDING PROCESS

PART III • THE FUTURE OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: A PRISM OF POSSIBILITY

PART III • THE FUTURE OF AUTOETHNOGRAPHY: A PRISM OF POSSIBILITY

Appendixes

Appendixes

Glossary

Glossary

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Additional materials

Reviews

Autoethnography

Process, Product, and Possibility for Critical Social Research

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