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{{Short description|Research method using personal experience}} {{Research}}'''Autoethnography''' is a form of [[Ethnography|ethnographic research]] in which a researcher connects personal experiences to wider cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Ellis |first=Carolyn |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52845847 |title=The Ethnographic I: A Methodological Novel About Autoethnography |date=2004 |publisher=AltaMira Press |isbn=0-7591-0050-0 |location=Walnut Creek, CA |oclc=52845847}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite book |last1=Adams |first1=Tony E. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891397276 |title=Autoethnography |last2=Jones |first2=Stacy Holman |last3=Ellis |first3=Carolyn |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-997210-4 |location=New York, New York |language=English |oclc=891397276}}</ref><ref name=":21">{{Cite book |last=Leavy |first=Patricia |title=Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice |publisher=The Guilford Ford |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-4625-3897-3 |edition=3rd |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Maréchal |first=Garance |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/811140520 |title=Encyclopedia of case study research. Volume 2 |date=2010 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-4522-6572-8 |editor-last=Mills |editor-first=Albert J. |location=Los Angeles [Calif.] |pages=43–45 |chapter=Autoethnography |oclc=811140520 |editor-last2=Durepos |editor-first2=Gabrielle |editor-last3=Wiebe |editor-first3=Elden}}</ref> It is considered a form of [[Qualitative research|qualitative]] and [[Art-based research|arts-based research]].<ref name=":21" /> Autoethnography has been used across various disciplines, including [[anthropology]],<ref name=":23">{{Cite journal |last=Reed-Danahay |first=Deborah |date=2009-02-20 |title=Anthropologists, Education, and Autoethnography |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00938150802672931 |journal=Reviews in Anthropology |language=en |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=28–47 |doi=10.1080/00938150802672931 |s2cid=143711383 |issn=0093-8157|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Visual arts education|arts education]], [[communication studies]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zheng |first=Shiyu |date=2019-12-26 |title=A Multi-methods Approach in Communication Studies |url=http://comunicacionymetodos.com/index.php/cym/article/view/43 |journal=Comunicación y Métodos |language=en |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=196–208 |doi=10.35951/v1i2.43 |issn=2659-9538|doi-access=free }}</ref> [[adult education|education]],<ref name=":23" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Bohonos |first1=Jeremy |last2=Duff |first2=Myron C. Jr. |date=2020-12-09 |title=Adult Education in Racialized Spaces: How White Supremacy and White Privilege Hinder Social Justice in Adult Education |url=https://journals.charlotte.edu/dsj/article/view/867 |journal=Dialogues in Social Justice |language=en |volume=5 |issue=2 |doi=10.55370/dsj.v5i(2).867 |issn=2578-2029|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Starr |first=Lisa J. |date=2010-07-06 |title=The Use of Autoethnography in Educational Research: Locating Who We Are in What We Do |url=https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjnse/article/view/30477 |journal=Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education |language=en |volume=3 |issue=1 |issn=1916-9221}}</ref> [[Academic administration|educational administration]], [[English literature]], [[ethnic studies]], [[gender studies]], [[history]], [[human resource development]],<ref>{{Citation |last1=C. Collins |first1=Joshua |title=Phenomenology and autoethnography as potential methodologies for exploring masculinity in organizations, communities and society |date=2021 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781788977937.00027 |work=Handbook of Research Methods on Gender and Management |pages=265–280 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |doi=10.4337/9781788977937.00027 |isbn=9781788977937 |access-date=2021-12-17 |last2=W. Bohonos |first2=Jeremy|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Marketing information system|marketing]], [[music therapy]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Echard |first=Allison |date=2019-10-11 |title=Making Sense of Self: An Autoethnographic Study of Identity Formation for Adolescents in Music Therapy |url=https://academic.oup.com/mtp/article/37/2/141/5511696 |journal=Music Therapy Perspectives |language=en |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=141–150 |doi=10.1093/mtp/miz008 |issn=0734-6875|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Viega |first1=Michael |last2=Druziako |first2=Victoria |last3=Millrod |first3=Josh |last4=Hoberman |first4=Al |date=2023-03-01 |title=Entering the Ambient: A Performative Collaborative Autoethnography of Music Therapists' Improvising with Digital Music Technologies |url=https://voices.no/index.php/voices/article/view/3510 |journal=Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy |volume=23 |issue=1 |doi=10.15845/voices.v23i1.3510 |issn=1504-1611|doi-access=free }}</ref> [[nursing]], [[organizational behavior]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Bohonos |first=Jeremy W |date=2021-06-03 |title=Workplace hate speech and rendering Black and Native lives as if they do not matter: A nightmarish autoethnography |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084211015379 |journal=Organization |volume=30 |issue=4 |language=en |pages=605–623 |doi=10.1177/13505084211015379 |issn=1350-5084 |s2cid=236294224|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[paramedicine]], [[performance studies]], [[Physical therapy|physiotherapy]], [[psychology]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McIlveen |first=P. |date=2007-12-06 |title=The Genuine Scientist-practitioner in Vocational Psychology: An Autoethnography |url=http://eprints.usq.edu.au/3793/1/McIlveen_2007_Autoethnography_Authorversion.pdf |journal=Qualitative Research in Psychology |volume=4 |issue=4 |pages=295–311 |doi=10.1080/14780880701522403 |issn=1478-0887 |s2cid=143663430}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=McIlveen |first1=P. |last2=Beccaria |first2=G. |last3=du Preez |first3=Jan. |last4=Patton |first4=W. |year=2010 |title=Autoethnography in Vocational Psychology: Wearing Your Class on Your Sleeve |url=http://jcd.sagepub.com/content/37/3/599.full.pdf+html |journal=Journal of Career Development |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=599–615 |doi=10.1177/0894845309357048 |s2cid=142958143|url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[social work]],<ref name=":24">{{Cite journal | last=Witkin |first=Stanley L. |title= Autoethnography and social work: Strange bedfellows or complementary partners? | date =2022 | url=https://journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/SWSSR/article/view/2030 |journal=Social Work and Social Sciences Review |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=19–35 |doi=10.1921/swssr.v23i2.2030 |access-date=2023-03-29}}</ref> [[sociology]],<ref name=":24b">{{Citation |last=Poulos |first=Christopher N. |title=Conceptual foundations of autoethnography. |date=2021 |url=https://doi.org/10.1037/0000222-001 |work=Essentials of autoethnography. |pages=3–17 |place=Washington |publisher=American Psychological Association |language=en |doi=10.1037/0000222-001 |isbn=978-1-4338-3454-7 |s2cid=234961975 |access-date=2022-12-04|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and [[theology]] and [[religious studies]].
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