Teaching By Fire: Together, Talking About Autoethnography
After eight miles, we finally reach the summit of Mt. LaConte. Wet from the downpour that occurred halfway up the trail, we enter the lodge to dry off around the fire. Cindy offers us some Baileys Irish Cream that she has carried up the mountain in a plastic flask. We take her offering eagerly, and now understand why her pack was so much larger than ours!
“I don't really understand what you all do,” says Cindy, looking at Art, Tony, and me. “I know you all work in the Communication Department at USF (University of South Florida), but you seem to write stories.”
“We all do autoethnography,” Carolyn replies, as she pours Baileys into her steaming coffee. “Autoethnography is the study of ...
Get Qualitative Research: An Introduction to Methods and Designs now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
