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Qualitative Inquiry, Vol. 9, No. 3, 369-373 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/1077800403009003003

The Academic Tourist: An Autoethnography

Ronald J. Pelias

Southern Illinois University

The essay argues that academics, similar to tourists, often only manage to get to the surface of any area of inquiry they pursue, in part because of the nature of what constitutes full understanding and in part because of the habits of academic life. Written in an autoethnographic style, the essay offers a sociology of the academy through descriptive details. It invites emotional identification.

Key Words: sociology of education • communication pedagogy • academic life • ethnography • autoethnography


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