The Crises and Freedoms of Researching Your Own Life

The Crises and Freedoms of Researching Your Own Life

There has been much work highlighting the benefits of autoethnographic research yet little acknowledgement of the demands researching your own life makes on the emotional and mental wellbeing of the researcher. This paper explores the consequences that can arise as a result of autoethnographic resea...

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Main Author:	Caroline Pearce
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Athabasca University Press 2010-01-01
Series:	Journal of Research Practice
Subjects:	autoethnography motherloss emotions vulnerability grief narrative
Online Access:	http://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/219/184

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