Exemplifying Collaborative Autoethnographic Practice via Shared Stories of Mothering

Journal of research practice

Erika Kirby¹  Lisa Gates²  Liesbeth Wiering³  Juan Moreno⁴  Anne Lilly⁴  Patricia Geist-Martin⁵  Renee Houston⁶ 

[1] Creighton University;San Diego Christian College;San Diego Miramar College;San Diego State University;School of Communication, San Diego State University;University of Puget Sound

关键词: mothering;    autoethnography;    everyday moments;    identity;    cultural script;   

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Journal of research practice

【 摘 要 】

In this piece, we articulate the "collaborative autoethnographic practice" we utilized to illustrate the complexities of mothering that involved: (a) individually writing autoethnographic narratives on mothering, (b) sharing these autoethnographic narratives in a public forum, (c) publicly discussing the heuristic commonalities across these autoethnographic narratives, (d) tying those commonalities back to the literature, and (e) revisiting the autoethnographic narratives for aspects of social critique where our autoethnographic narratives (intentionally or unintentionally) hegemonicaly reproduced cultural scripts. We argue that presenting knowledge of mothering in this way, through collaborative autoethnographic practice, creates a myriad of opportunities for growth and self-reflexivity, and our stories illuminate a part of our existence that often remains unexamined in other methodologies.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-ND