autoethnography
English
editEtymology
editFrom auto- + ethnography.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɔːtəʊ.ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɔtoʊ.ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/
- Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Noun
editautoethnography (countable and uncountable, plural autoethnographies)
- An ethnographic study drawing on one's own anecdotal or personal experience, or an approach to conducting research in which anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded.
- The aborigine's autobiography was also an autoethnography. It told much about the culture he grew up in.