Layering the Cake: Engaging Autoethnography in Dissertations
Location
Room #2078
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
January 2014
End Date
January 2014
Abstract
This presentation explores how the researcher employed autoethnography to juxtapose the lived experience of her 19th century Mormon ancestor with her own as a 21st century lesbian. She discusses how she interwove data derived from primary sources, historic documents, family lore, her own felt-sense, reflecting on personal narrative, and shamanic journeying. Themes of personal and societal neglect, persecution, perseverance, and resilience were also layered into the dissertation’s narrative.
Layering the Cake: Engaging Autoethnography in Dissertations
Room #2078
This presentation explores how the researcher employed autoethnography to juxtapose the lived experience of her 19th century Mormon ancestor with her own as a 21st century lesbian. She discusses how she interwove data derived from primary sources, historic documents, family lore, her own felt-sense, reflecting on personal narrative, and shamanic journeying. Themes of personal and societal neglect, persecution, perseverance, and resilience were also layered into the dissertation’s narrative.
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Breakout Session A