ERIC Number: EJ902228
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 13
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Unraveling Researcher Subjectivity through Multivocality in Autoethnography
Mizzi, Robert
Journal of Research Practice, v6 n1 Article M3 2010
This article analyzes and discusses the notion of including multivocality as an autoethnographic method to: (a) illustrate that there is no single and temporally-fixed voice that a researcher possesses, (b) unfix identity in a way that exposes the fluid nature of identity as it moves through particular contexts, and (c) deconstruct competing tensions within the autoethnographer as s/he connects the personal self to the social context. After providing a short, multivocal vignette based on the author's previous work assignment as a teacher educator in Kosovo, the author offers a reflective analysis of his approach. His analysis includes a critical discussion around the benefits and challenges of using such a method in autoethnography. The author concludes that research-oriented institutions might be resistant to validating multivocality as research practice given the myopic view that "voice" is linear, categorizable, and one-dimensional. In this way, the use of multivocality in autoethnography can also be understood as a way to liberate research practices from oppressive institutional rules and restrictions.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Researchers, Opinions, Phenomenology, Ethnography, Autobiographies, Self Concept, Social Environment, Teacher Educators, Employees, Contract Training, Foreign Nationals, Homosexuality, Figurative Language, Research Methodology, Standards, Experience
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kosovo
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