Researching the Self: The Ethics of Auto-ethnography and an Aboriginal Research Methodology
This paper considers the ethical implications of auto-ethnography as a research method by examining the process of reclaiming a Métis identity suppressed for multiple generations. This examination uses the three ethical concerns identified by Carolyn Ellis (2007) as its framework. The paper argues f...
| Subtitles: | Indigenous Spirituality |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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| In: |
Studies in religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 45, Issue: 3, Pages: 360-376 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | This paper considers the ethical implications of auto-ethnography as a research method by examining the process of reclaiming a Métis identity suppressed for multiple generations. This examination uses the three ethical concerns identified by Carolyn Ellis (2007) as its framework. The paper argues for the use of auto-ethnography as a research tool as it provides space for first-hand narratives and is more in line with an Aboriginal worldview than traditional scholarly methods. |
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| ISSN: | 2042-0587 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0008429816657990 |
