Blogging as Autoethnography... A Very Personal Challenge!
The last few weeks have been challenging. I didn't really expect to begin my experience as a researcher by examining my own personal values and beliefs so closely. Don't get me wrong, I'm learning a lot. But putting myself under a microscope and examining my own scholarship practice in this way has been something of an eye opener, particularly in coming to the realisation that my work, my reading, my blogging and the narrative I've chosen so far may come to be viewed by the academic community as autoethnography. ( " BLOG IDEAS " by owenwbrown is licensed under CC BY 2.0 .) Until very recently I was unaware of the term and what it meant - thanks Vicky! After having read some autoethnographic case studies I've come to realise that might be true. I may be something of a budding autoethnographer. But I'm also learning that this can both be a badge of honour and something of an accusation at the same time. I started the week ...