1st Edition
How to Craft Autoethnography A Practical-ish Guide
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
A Note on Pedagogical Features
Preface: My Relationship With Autoethnography
Chapter 1: Introducing Autoethnography
Chapter 2: When to Use or Not Use Autoethnography
Chapter 3: What Makes for “Good” Autoethnography? Ethics and Quality
Chapter 4: Planning, Proposing, and Preparing for Your Autoethnography
Chapter 5: Generating “Data” for Your Autoethnography
Chapter 6: Transforming Your Autoethnographic Data
Chapter 7: Writing and Representing Your Autoethnography
Appendices: Autoethnographic Examples
A. “Waltzing Matilda: An Autoethnography of a Father’s Stillbirth” by Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower
B. “A Dating App Autoethnography: Presenting Myself as a Researcher and User” by Janelle Ward
C. “Invisible Borders: On Being a Ghanaian Immigrant in the United States” by Abigail Amoako Kayser
Biography
Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower is Professor and leader of the Foundations of Education program at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, Virginia, USA). He has written award-winning qualitative research on gender, education, food policy, and qualitative methods, and he has guided scores of students through successful qualitative dissertations.
