Towards Critical Analytical Auto-Ethnography

Autor: Marta Kempny-Mazur
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Anthropological Journal of European Cultures. 31:58-71
ISSN: 1755-2931
1755-2923
DOI: 10.3167/ajec.2022.310105
Popis: This article discusses the usefulness of critical analytical auto-ethnography in studying migrant (im)mobilities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas the auto-ethnographic genre has boomed during COVID-19 times, the authors of auto-ethnographic texts usually focus on their own experiences of the pandemic, engaging in an evocative style of writing. Following an overview of autoethnographic writing genres, this article discusses complex issues of insider/outsider status in pandemic research. It calls for a critical and analytical auto-ethnographic approach to the study of migrations and mobilities in a context in which they are currently unevenly distributed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE