Essentials of autoethnography / Christopher N. Poulos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Poulos, Christopher N., author.

Series:

Essentials of qualitative methods series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Biographical methods.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Authorship.

Physical Description:

viii, 100 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2021]

Summary:

"The brief, practical texts in the Essentials of Qualitative Methods series introduce social science and psychology researchers to key approaches to capturing phenomena not easily measured quantitatively, offering exciting, nimble opportunities to gather in-depth qualitative data. In this book, Christopher Poulos provides a step-by-step guide to writing autoethnography, illustrating its essential features and practices with excerpts from his own and others' work. Autoethnography is an approach to research and writing that seeks to describe and systematically analyze one's personal experience in various contexts, and thereby understand its cultural, social, and emotional meaning. About the Essentials of Qualitative Methods book series: Even for experienced researchers, selecting and correctly applying the right method can be challenging. In this groundbreaking series, leading experts in qualitative methods provide clear, crisp, and comprehensive descriptions of their approach, including its methodological integrity, and its benefits and limitations. Each book includes numerous examples to enable readers to quickly and thoroughly grasp how to leverage these valuable methods"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Conceptual Foundations Of Autoethnography

What Is Autoethnography?

History

Rationale

Situating Autoethnography in the Qualitative Tradition

Pioneers and Turning Points

Philosophical and Epistemological Background

Key Distinguishing Features of Autoethnography

2. Doing Autoethnography: Design And Data Collection

Openings

Practices

Engaging Participant Observation

Examining Sense Data (Perceptions)

Exploring Emotions

Formulating Research Questions

Conducting Exploratory Research

Searching for Stories, Conversations, and Artifacts

Mining Memories

Engaging in Systematic Reflexive Introspection

3. Writing Autoethnography

Writing as a Method of Inquiry

Assumptions

Getting Started

Building Momentum

4. Process And Craft

Considerations

Narrative Conventions of Autoethnography

5. Variations On The Method

Layered Accounts

Critical Autoethnography

Performance Autoethnography

Poetic Inquiry

Autoethnography as Social Fiction

Collaborative Autoethnography

6. Methodological Integrity, Summary, And Conclusions

Evaluating Autoethnography

Ethics

Summary and Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Poulos, Christopher N. Essentials of autoethnography

ISBN:

9781433834547

1433834545

OCLC:

1176316244

Publisher Number:

99988678704

40030445185