Tony Adams: "The Art of Autoethnography"

Departmental Seminar: 10/2/21

Tony E. Adams, Bradley University

This interactive workshop focused on the art - the skills, crafts, and processes - of doing and writing autoethnography. We will first define autoethnography and describe how the method is informed by both ethnographic and autobiographic practices. We will then explore the artful techniques of conducting fieldwork and representing experience. Numerous examples will be used throughout the workshop. Ample time will be provided for discussion.

Bio

Tony E. Adams is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Bradley University. He has co-authored and co-edited nine books including Narrating the Closet: An Autoethnography of Same-Sex Attraction, Autoethnography, and the Handbook of Autoethnography. He is a co-editor of the Writing Lives: Ethnographic Narratives book series and founding co-editor of the Journal of Autoethnography.