Researching the Self: The Ethics of Auto-ethnography and an Aboriginal Research Methodology

This paper considers the ethical implications of auto-ethnography as a research method by examining the process of reclaiming a Métis identity suppressed for multiple generations. This examination uses the three ethical concerns identified by Carolyn Ellis (2007) as its framework. The paper argues f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Studies in religion
Nebentitel:Indigenous Spirituality
1. VerfasserIn: Sanduliak, Ashleigh (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Sage [2016]
In: Studies in religion
Jahr: 2016, Band: 45, Heft: 3, Seiten: 360-376
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Zusammenfassung:This paper considers the ethical implications of auto-ethnography as a research method by examining the process of reclaiming a Métis identity suppressed for multiple generations. This examination uses the three ethical concerns identified by Carolyn Ellis (2007) as its framework. The paper argues for the use of auto-ethnography as a research tool as it provides space for first-hand narratives and is more in line with an Aboriginal worldview than traditional scholarly methods.
ISSN:2042-0587
Enthält:Enthalten in: Studies in religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0008429816657990