Open AccessContemplating Reflexivity as a Practice of Authenticity in Autoethnographic Research
Author(s) -
Adam Wiesner
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the qualitative report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2160-3715
DOI - 10.46743/2160-3715/2020.3679
Subject(s) - autoethnography , reflexivity , narrative , perspective (graphical) , qualitative research , feeling , sociology , epistemology , narrative inquiry , psychology , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , social psychology , gender studies , literature , social science , philosophy , art , visual arts
This personal narrative shares a perspective of a non-binary trans qualitative writer who engages in the reflexive practice of evolutionary astrology. The author focuses on vulnerable, healing and therapeutic aspects of autoethnographic writing, and his quest for being authentic while dealing with difficult emotions related to his “misfit feeling” when crossing the boundary lines within Slovak academia.