Autoethnography: Is My Own Story Narrative Research?

Narrative researchers have long understood the power of a story to capture a reader’s attention, link them emotionally to a topic and then use that attention and connection to communicate a theoretical or practical point. And further, the story can itself communicate the social/cultural/political. Autoethnography asserts that when we publically story our experiences, they transcend the private and the personal and assume political import. It is a particular research method that connects the personal to the political, social and cultural in captivating, stirring and most importantly, insightful ways that move us to action. Autoethnography is a comfortable companion for many forms of narrative research.