autoethnography
nounUK /ˌɔːtəʊ.ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/ · US /ˌɔtoʊ.ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/
Etymology From auto- + ethnography.
1
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.
- Derived terms
- autoethnographic