Autoethnography
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Ethnography
Ethnos = folk, people, nation
GRAPho = I Write
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EXAMPLES
- Religion
- Ethnic
- Racial
- Nationality
- Occupation
- Gender
- Politics
- Sports
- Family
- Hobbies
- Etc. etc. etc.
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Autoethnography IS
- Analytic/objective personal account
- About the self/writer, as part of a group or culture
- Often a description of a conflict of cultures
- Often an analysis of being different or an outsider
- Written to an audience not part of the group
- An attempt to see self as others might
- An opportunity to explain differences from the inside
- An attempt to explain one element of self to other
- An explanation of how one is othered
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AUTOETHNOGRAPHY is not
- A traditional personal narrative
- A single event, incident, or experience
- Written to the self as the major audience
- A simple description or story
- Defensive. Consider your audience
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Brainstorm
- List up to ten cultures in which you participate or have participated
- Underline the cultures that can or do conflict with “mainstream” culture
- Circle/Highlight the cultures in which you choose to participate
- Put an asterisk next to the cultures into which you are born
List up to ten cultures in which you participate or have participated
Underline the cultures that can or do conflict with “mainstream” culture Circle the cultures in which you choose to participate Put an asterisk next to the cultures into which you are born Choose one culture that is underlined and list as many specific characteristics of the culture as you can Freewrite on the prejudices, preconceptions and misconceptions about that culture List three incidents or examples that illustrate how or why that culture has influenced you as a person
Underline the cultures that can or do conflict with “mainstream” culture Circle the cultures in which you choose to participate Put an asterisk next to the cultures into which you are born Choose one culture that is underlined and list as many specific characteristics of the culture as you can Freewrite on the prejudices, preconceptions and misconceptions about that culture List three incidents or examples that illustrate how or why that culture has influenced you as a person
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Brainstorm
- Choose one Culture That is underlined and list as many specific characteristics of the Culture You can
- Freewrite on the Prejudices, preconceptions, and misconceptions about that Culture
- List 3 Examples That Illustrate How the Culture has influenced you as a person
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