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When the story becomes the therapy

June 17th, 2010 | Posted by pfmarchive in uncategorized

Autoethnography a powerful way to investigate personal & cultural issues, including trauma & illness

Autoethnography is “research, writing, story, and method that connect the autobiographical and personal to the cultural, social, and political,” says Carolyn Ellis, a professor and researcher at University of South Florida.

Dr. Ellis teaches a range of courses related to personal stories and ethnographic narratives, including Communicating Illness, Loss, and Grief.

We speak with Dr. Carolyn Ellis about autoethnography and its unique capabilities.

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Image: Jerry Rawicki (left) spoke about his experiences as a Holocaust survivor with Carolyn Ellis’s (third from left) graduate class in Communicating Grief, Loss, and Illness in October 2009

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