Abstract
This workshop provides an introduction to autoethnography as a means of writing and crafting self and culture. Autoethnography is a powerful methodological approach which combines autobiography and ethnography to explore personal experiences within broader social and cultural contexts. This workshop serves as an introduction to the history, practice and application of autoethnography, and the key scholars working in this area. It invites participants to engage deeply with their own lived experiences while critically examining the intersections of self and society. We explore different types of autoethnography including evocative, analytic, critical, performative, and collaborative. Students will develop the skills necessary to begin their own autoethnographic inquiries, producing meaningful narratives that contribute to personal growth and scholarly inquiry.
Date & Time 11 February 2025 (Tuesday) 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (HKT)
Format Online via Zoom
Target audience CUHK Academic staff
Pre-workshop reading group
The pre-workshop reading group will provide opportunities for participants to review and read related literatures with guidance from experts. This reading group intends to develop participants’ understanding on concepts and theories of autoethnography to prepare for the workshop and the consultation session.
Date & Time 10 February 2025 (Monday) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (HKT)
Format Online via Zoom
Target audience CUHK Academic staff
Post-workshop group consultation
The group consultation will provide guided questions for participants to discuss and reflect on, following some thinking exercises. This consultation intends to provide the space essential for participants to ask questions. This discussion will be around how to use autoethnography into different pedagogic research contexts.
Date & Time 14 February 2025 (Friday) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm (HKT)
Format Online via Zoom
Target audience CUHK Academic staff
Speaker
Dr Karen Lumsden, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Aberdeen
Dr Karen Lumsden is a qualitative trainer, consultant, coach, and Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. She has published autoethnographies of higher education and is co-editor of Crafting Autoethnography: Processes and Practices of Making Self and Culture (Routledge, 2023).
Karen has over 17 years’ experience delivering qualitative methods courses and training to academics, social researchers, and practitioners. This includes courses at the Universities of Aberdeen, Glasgow, Essex, Auckland, Kingston, via the Social Research Association and the European Consortium for Political Research, and also for government departments, NHS, charities, police organisations, social research and market research organisations. She has written a number of books and journal articles on the sociology of policing, crime, and qualitative methods including the books: Reflexivity: Theory, Method, Practice (2019), Online Othering (2019), Reflexivity in Criminological Research (2014) and Boy Racer Culture (2013). She is on the Editorial Board of the journal Qualitative Research. For more information or to download publications visit: www.qualitativetraining.com
Enquiry
For any queries, please contact Vienne LIN at viennelin@cuhk.edu.hk
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