Autoethnography Pedagogy and Practice Stories of Interdisciplinary Innovation

Prologue: A Mosaic of Autoethnography Pedagogy and Practice

Kitrina Douglas and David Carless

1. 'Research Group': Democratising Pedagogy through Autoethnography

Kitrina Douglas, Joshua Eibenschutz, Chloe Norton-Lamb, James Brading, Katie Bramley, and Henry Dobson

2. A Body and a Dark Hospital Room: Experiences of Death on Clinical Placements

Oreoluwa Mohammed and Ana Baptista

3. Researching, Teaching and Learning from and through Autoethnography in Nursing and Health Sciences

Simone Kreher and Eric Seifert

4. Crystallising Experiences, Shaping Pedagogies: From Personal Journeys to an Autoethnographic Community in Japan

Teppei Tsuchimoto, Nozomi Fujisaka, Yusuke Katsura, Rennan Okawa, Kiyoshi Hamana, Aya Hayasaki, Mihoko Motooka, Chihiro Suzuki, and Naoko Yokoyama

5. Autoethnography in Pharmacy Education and Practice

Djenane Ramalho-de-Oliveira, Simone de Araújo Medina Mendonça, and Ana Cimbleris-Alkmim

6. “This is How the System Works”: A Collaborative Attempt to Explore the Power of Being Systematically Non-systematic in Mentoring and Teaching Autoethnography

Trude Klevan, Geir Kvalsvik, and Knut Tore Sælør

7. Healthcare Pedagogy, COVID-19 Transformations, and the Operating Department Practitioner

Edwina Morris and Michael Bartholomew

8. Teaching and Learning (Together) to Conduct Autoethnography in Spain: A Case from the Perspective of Gender Studies

Gustavo González-Calvo and Alba Carrasco-Cruz

9. 'The Anatomical Highlight of your First Year': Blending the Territories of Medicine and Art Through Autoethnography

Ana Baptista, Devni Peramunugamage, Lakshya Gopal, Mi-Tra Tran, Natalie Hart, Renée Servin Recio, Shagun Bansal, and Lydia Boynton

10. 'The Gift': Developing Autoethnographic Practice in Psychology

Caroline Lafarge and Kitrina Douglas

11. Creating Space for Autoethnography and Auto/biography Within and Beyond the Academy

Julie Parsons and Daniela Chivers

12. Learning Together: Some Jointly Constructed Reflections on a Creative Autoethnographic Doctoral Journey

Esther van der Walt and Gayle Letherby

13. Creative Relationships, Novel Responses and Falling in Love: Reflections on Teaching and Learning in Autoethnography

David Carless and Andrew M. Gillott

Epilogue: Joining Hands

David Carless and Kitrina Douglas

Biography

Kitrina Douglas is an award-winning video/ethnographer, performer, storyteller, musician and narrative scholar whose research spans the arts, humanities and social sciences. Broadly, her research interests span mental health, arts-based methods and public engagement. With David Carless, she pioneered the YouTube series “Qualitative Conversations” and carried out research for a variety of organisations, including the Department of Health, Addiction Recovery Agency, Royal British Legion, Women’s Sports Foundation, UK Sport, local authority and NHS Primary Mental Health Care Trusts. She holds a professorship in narrative and performative research at the University of West London.

David Carless is a researcher, writer, songwriter and musician working across health and social science. He specialises in arts-based, autoethnographic and narrative research, published widely as journal articles, books and book chapters, as well as online in multimedia forms such as films and music. David is with the School of Health and Life Sciences at the University of the West of Scotland and is an honorary professor in the Centre for Creative Relational Inquiry at the University of Edinburgh.

“There are few good books about pedagogy and autoethnography and fewer good books about interdisciplinarity and autoethnography. This book—this great book—is about both: about how teaching, supervising, researching, mentoring, and learning happen, and about the possibilities that come from joining together, collaborating with students and colleagues from a variety of disciplines to explore social life and alleviate social ills. A wonderful collection about research methods and practices, and an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the ways our experiences inform the work we do and the lives we (hope to) live.” -- Tony Adams, Caterpillar Professor and Chair, Bradley University, USA

“You know when Kitrina and David collaborate together, good things are bound to happen. Come, make yourself comfortable as you experience these inspiring scholars and their students and colleagues teaching, learning, and writing about autoethnography. Take the steaming peppermint tea in the blue pottery mug that Kitrina extends to you; if you’re lucky, David will pick his guitar and sing in harmony with Kitrina. Meet the forty-two coauthors from around the world and breathe in their intimate collaborative research and writing experiences, stories, poems, and conversations. Feel the loving and caring community we can create by virtually joining hands with these interdisciplinary authors who reach out from multiple perspectives around the globe. For that is what good autoethnography does.” -- Carolyn Ellis, Distinguished University Professor Emerita, University of South Florida, USA