RT Article
T1 Autoethnographic Challenges: Confronting Self, Field and Home
JF The Australian journal of anthropology
VO 19
IS 1
SP 27
OP 40
A1 Voloder, Lejla
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1937589730
AB Anthropologists working at ‘home’ or in realms of the familiar often share a considerable sense of connection with participants. In these contexts, the researcher's potential position as an ‘insider’ offers particular opportunities for utilising self as a key resource. Through my own fieldwork at ‘home’ in Melbourne as an ‘insider’ among Bosnian migrants, I was confronted with the challenge of using my self to understand others' experiences. In this paper I discuss the autoethnographic process and consider how its application enabled me to consciously understand my own experiences and utilise my experiential self to inform my study.
DO 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2008.tb00104.x