Charting our Course: A Review of Stephen Andrew’s Searching for an Autoethnographic Ethic

Authors

Janie Copple, University of GeorgiaFollow

Abstract

This review critiques Stephen Andrew’s proposed method for applying ethical guidelines to autoethnographic research. Andrew argues that although extant autoethnographic literature attends to a variety of ethical considerations (i.e., relational ethics, reflexivity in research, tools for ethical writing), explicit analytical guidelines are lacking. Using excerpts from personal autoethnographies, Andrew illustrates his conception for an autoethnographic ethic leaving readers with practical tools and resonant narratives.

Keywords

Autoethnography, Ethics, Associated Others, Reflexivity, Ethical Analysis

Author Bio(s)

Janie Copple is a first-year doctoral student in the Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methodologies program at the University of Georgia. Correspondence regarding this article can be addressed directly to: jrc64521@uga.edu.

Acknowledgements

The author wishes to thank Dr. Kathy Roulston at the University of Georgia for introducing me to autoethnography and for her encouragement and support in submitting this review for publication.

Publication Date

3-24-2019

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2019.4005

Recommended APA Citation

Copple, J. (2019). Charting our Course: A Review of Stephen Andrew’s Searching for an Autoethnographic Ethic. The Qualitative Report, 24(3), 629-631. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2019.4005