Autoethnography

Autoethnography: A Case for the Defence presents a thoughtful and compelling exploration of autoethnography as a research methodology, addressing the growing wave of academic, analytical, and ethical critiques that accompany its rising prominence.

Dane Morace-Court is a senior lecturer in Education at Southampton Solent University. Having used autoethnography as a methodological approach in his own doctoral thesis, Dr. Morace-Court brings a first-hand understanding of the challenges, ethical considerations and potential rewards of such an approach.

1. Chapter One: Introduction to Autoethnography 2. Chapter Two: Can't We All Just Get Along? On the Bifurcation of Evocative and Analytical Autoethnography 3. Chapter Three: Self-Obsession Masquerading as Scholarship? On the Claim that Autoethnography is Narcissistic 4. Chapter Four: Unreliable Narrators: On the Claim that Autoethnography Lacks Validity and Reliability 5. Chapter Five: It's Not Rocket Science: On the Claim that Autoethnography is not Scientific 6. Chapter Six: This Might Get Personal: On the Claim that Autoethnography is an Emotional, Rather than Analytical, Framework 7. Chapter Seven: The Art of Snore: On the Claim that Autoethnography is Uninteresting 8. Chapter Eight: Sharing is Not Caring: On the Claim that Autoethnography is Not Ethical 9. Chapter Nine: Blurred Lines? On the Claim that Autoethnography Blurs the Genres of Creative Writing and Critical Inquiry. 10. Chapter Ten: Nuance to Nonsense: On the Claim that Autoethnography Oversimplifies Complex Social Phenomena 11. Chapter Eleven: Truth Hurts? On the Claim that Autoethnography Further Entrenches Marginalisation 12. Chapter Twelve: I Rest my Case: Conclusions in the Defence of Autoethnography