Toward a Moderate Autoethnography

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

SarahStahlke Wall¹ 

关键词: autoethnography;    self;    academic convention;    theory;    methodological innovation;   

DOI  :  10.1177/1609406916674966

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Autoethnography is an avant-garde method of qualitative inquiry that has captured the attention of an ever-increasing number of scholars from a variety of disciplines. Personal experience methods can offer a new and unique vantage point from which to make a contribution to social science yet, autoethnography has been criticized for being self-indulgent, narcissistic, introspective, and individualized. Methodological discussions about this method are polarized. As an autoethnographer and qualitative methodologist with an interest in personal experience methods, I have had the opportunity to review several autoethnographic manuscripts over the years. As my reviews accumulated, I began to see themes in my responses and it became apparent that I was advocating for an approach to autoethnography that lies in contrast to the frequently offered methodological polemics from philosophically divergent scholars. In this article, I draw from the reviews I have done to address topics such as applications and purposes ...

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC