Autoethnography: Critical Appreciation of an Emerging Art

In this article, the author discusses how she applied autoethnography in a study of the design of hypermedia educational resources and shows how she addressed problematic issues related to autoethnographic legitimacy and representation. The study covered a 6-year period during which the practitioner...

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Main Author: Margot Duncan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2004-12-01
Series:International Journal of Qualitative Methods
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/160940690400300403
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Summary:In this article, the author discusses how she applied autoethnography in a study of the design of hypermedia educational resources and shows how she addressed problematic issues related to autoethnographic legitimacy and representation. The study covered a 6-year period during which the practitioner's perspective on the internal and external factors influencing the creation of three hypermedia CD-ROMs contributed to an emerging theory of design. The author highlights the interrelationship between perception and reality as vital to qualitative approaches and encourages researchers to investigate their reality more fully by practicing the art of autoethnography.
ISSN:1609-4069