An Introduction to Autoethnography

Autoethnography is a form of narrative inquiry that uses the researcher’s/participant’s lived experience to illuminate social and cultural contexts of meaning. Often written in an engaging, evocative style, autoethnography generates ways of knowing not typically present in conventional research. Its accessibility and ability to confront issues of marginalization and injustice make it highly relevant to social work and the human services. Register online for this free event.

Location:

Professional Faculties 3257

Speaker:

Visiting Professor Stanley Witkin, a professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington Vermont, USA. Stanley has been a Fulbright scholar at the University of Lapland (Finland) and at University College – Dublin and Trinity College in Dublin. He has been a visiting scholar at the University of Newcastle (Australia), the University of York (UK), and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In 2004 he was awarded an honorary doctoral degree from the University of Lapland.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/introduction-autoethnography