I have a number of changes from my previous formats and concepts of my gustation (the act or sensation of taste) tour through Asia What will remain the same is the viewpoint of a food intolerant. I find this approach to be unique but also personal. Not only will I be able to experience a […]
via Gustation (the act or sensation of taste) Tour — curlywurly93
Finding how I would understand a different culture through my own personal experiences was tricky. Autoethnography “transcends mere narration of self to engage in cultural analysis and interpretation” (Chang 2008: 43). Keeping this statement in mind helped direct my ideas to something I could experience in depth. To do so I knew I would need […]
via Asian food through the eyes of a food intolerant — curlywurly93
Anthropologist Hayano used the term autoethnography in its early form, in a 1979 essay discussing the self-observational nature of the traditional ethnographic research. Hayano refers to cultural studies of an ethnographer’s ‘own people’, later we see the more common use of the term coined by Ellis defining it as; ”an autobiographical genre of writing and […]
Autoethnography as described by Ellis as a method of both process and product. Process; It employs principles of both autobiography and ethnography to form a work based on hindsight and personal experience. Product; It can make a text aesthetic and evocative by using techniques which bring “readers into the scene” (Ellis, 2004, p.142), as well […]
via process or product? ¿por qué no los todos? — curlywurly93
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