autoethnographic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɔːtəʊˌɛθnəʊˈɡɹæf.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɔtoʊˌɛθnəˈɡɹæf.ɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree English auto- Proto-Indo-European *swé Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Hellenic *séswōtʰa Ancient Greek ἔθω (éthō) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Ancient Greek -νος (-nos) ? Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)der. English ethno- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English ethnography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ethnographic English autoethnographic From auto- + ethnographic.
Meanings
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Using ethnographic techniques to describe one's own life, or events in which one is a participant.
If ethnographic texts are a means by which Europeans represent to themselves their (usually subjugated) others, autoethnographic texts are those the others construct in response to or in dialogue with those metropolitan representations.
1995, Rebecca Jane Dobkins, From Vanishing to Visible: Maidu Indian Arts and the Uses of Tradition:At the same time it often resorts to free indirect speech rather than dialogue, frequently using an autoethnographic point of view, suggesting a more personalized mode of shared ethnographic documentation.
2007, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Writing in the San/d: Autoethnography among Indigenous Southern Africans:
Forms
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| more autoethnographic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most autoethnographic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |