Autoethnography Analysis (Tuesday)
- Due May 2, 2023 by 6:30pm
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Autoethnography Analysis
Part One:
After reading the mini-autoethnographies (on Canvas under this assignment), answer the following questions. While you and your group members are responding to the questions (only one group member needs to submit your answers), practice taking field notes. Write down everything you see, hear, learn, etc. Try to focus on what you find to be important about the "in-class assignment experience." You will use these field notes in Part Two.
Questions:
- Who is in your group?
- Summarize the mini-autoethnographies. What are they about? What is being studied?
- If identifiable, what is the main question the observer/researcher is trying to answer?
- What kinds of ethnographic research did the observer conduct in each mini-autoethnography? How do you know?
- Were the observations covert or overt? How do you know?
- What ethical concerns/issues did the observer encounter? How did they resolve the situation (was it resolved)?
- How would you describe the tone/style of the ethnography? Is there a balance of science and art? Explain.
- What did the observer learn from the experience? Consider the personal lessons learned over the research collected.
- Do you consider these to be successful mini-autoethnographies? Why or why not?
Part Two:
After you have answered the questions and we have discussed the mini-autoethnographies, I want you to write your own! Using your field notes from earlier, write a few paragraph mini-observation about what you observed and what you learned about the "in-class assignment experience." Use pseudonyms just to be safe (practicing consent).
Part Three:
Once you have completed your mini-autoethnography, share it with someone else and answer the following questions. You do not have to type up your responses - just have a thorough conversation.
Questions:
- Discuss the similarities and differences of your mini-autoethnographies
- What did you choose to focus on?
- Were you an active or passive participant in your observation? Explain.
- What did you learn?
- How did you balance science/art in your mini-autoethnographies?
- What (if any) risks could be posed by doing a larger scale version of this assignment? How could you avoid those risks?
- Are you feeling more confident with this genre? Why or why not?