Crafting Autoethnography

Jackie Goode is a Visiting Fellow in Qualitative Research in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University, UK.Karen Lumsden is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK.Jan Bradford completed her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and is an independent researcher.

• Introduction; Section I: This Writing Life 1. Shoring Up the Fragments 2. When the Slave Ships Came; Section II: Making a Drama Out of It Chapter 3. Reflections and Confessions on the Making of a Performative Autoethnography: University Professional Development Reviews and the Academic Self 4. Mi amigo Giovanni: A Digital Engagement of Friendship, Community and Queer Love Through a Zoom Performance; Section III: Crafting Selves 5. Thinking with our Hands while Becoming Autoethnographers 6. Putting Ourselves in the Picture: An Autoethnographic Approach to Photography Criticism 7. Digital Autoethnography: An Approach to Facilitate Reflective Practice in the Making and Performing of Visual Art 8. Stitching as Reflection and Resistance: The Use of a Stitch Journal During Doctoral Study 9. Making The Dreamer: Cut-ups, Découpage and Narrative Assemblages of Interbeing and Becoming; Section IV: Creating Class 10. Hidden Time: An Autoethnographical Narrative on the Creation of Seven Working-Class Time Pieces 11: Coming Back to Class: The Remaking of an Academic Self; Section V: Place and Belonging 12. Walking as Knowing, Healing, and the (Re)making of Self 13. Where the River Flows Out to the Sea: A Story of Place-Making 14. Making Mistakes: Learning Through Embarrassment when Curating Indigenous Collections in UK Museums; Conclusion

"Practices and academic disciplines that are founded on skilled material engagement have lacked methods to bring to light what this engagement involves. From this perspective, the focus on the making of autoethnographies in Crafting Autoethnography provides an essential and welcome addition to the resources available for contemporary research and practice."Tom Fisher, Professor of Art and Design, Nottingham Trent University, UK"This is a wonderful book! The go-to text on theorising, making/doing and reflecting on autoethnography in current times. A richly textured collection that is rooted in the history of the method and the importance of paying attention to the multifaceted ways we can work with personal and professional experience."Maggie O’Neill, Professor in Sociology, University College Cork, Ireland"This fascinating collection of intertwined and evocative autoethnographic creations is a welcome addition to a developing auto-methodological literature. In contrast to existing works, it offers readers grounded and rich insights into the art and crafting of autoethnographic making. It succeeds in drawing us in to the lifeworlds of autoethnographic creators."Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson, Professor Emerita in Sociology & Physical Cultures, University of Lincoln, UK