Symbiotic Autoethnography: Moving Beyond the Boundaries of Qualitative Methodologies

Autoethnography is a qualitative research method that combines the researcher's personal experiences with their analysis of the cultural and social context in which they live. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the debates in the field and introduces a new approach called "symbiotic autoethnography," which combines key features of autoethnographic research into a versatile framework. The author uses the concept of symbiosis to denote close interdependence and interrelation between the seven attributes of symbiotic autoethnography, including temporality, researchers' omnipresence, evocative storytelling, interpretive analysis, political (transformative) focus, reflexivity, and polyvocality. This approach offers experienced and novice researchers a theoretically informed multi-functional and multi-disciplinary methodological tool that can accommodate the dynamics of diverse personal experiences within specific professional, cultural, and socio-political contexts.

Format: Hardback
Length: 232 pages
Publication date: 28 July 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Autoethnography is gaining significant attention within research communities, emerging as an innovative and captivating qualitative approach. By harnessing the rich tapestry of diverse perspectives on autoethnographic practices, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the ongoing debates within the field. It then proceeds to explore a novel approach to theorizing and engaging in autoethnography, known as "symbiotic autoethnography." This approach amalgamates essential elements from various arguments, resulting in a versatile framework that combines key characteristics of autoethnographic research. The author employs the concept of symbiosis in a broader sense to signify close interconnectedness and interrelation among its proposed seven attributes, including temporality, researchers' omnipresence, evocative storytelling, interpretive analysis, political (transformative) focus, reflexivity, and polyvocality. The book serves as a valuable resource for both seasoned and novice researchers, offering a theoretically informed, multi-functional, and multi-disciplinary methodological tool that adeptly accommodates the dynamics of diverse personal experiences within the context of specific professional, cultural, and socio-political landscapes.

Autoethnography is gaining increasing interest in research circles, gaining popularity as an innovative and inciting qualitative approach. Drawing on the vast diversity of researchers opinions on autoethnographic praxes, this book presents a cogent analysis of the ongoing debates in the field before moving on to the discussion of a new approach to both theorizing about and 'doing autoethnography: a 'symbiotic autoethnography.This approach synthesizes central aspects from the diversity of existing arguments into one adaptable 'framework that combines key characteristic features of autoethnographic research. The author uses the concept of 'symbiosis in its broader sense to denote close interdependence and interrelation between its suggested seven attributes,including temporality,researchers omnipresence,evocative storytelling,interpretative analysis,political (transformative) focus,reflexivity and polyvocality. The book offers both experienced and novice researchers a theoretically informed multi-functional and multi-disciplinary methodological tool that can accommodate the dynamics of diverse personal experiences within a topography of specific professional,cultural and socio-political contexts.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350201385