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When Needs Must: Interpreting Autoethnographical Stories

University of Auckland

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: j.kidd{at}auckland.ac.nz.

	Abstract

Autoethnographical research, though interesting and satisfying to conduct, presents a challenge to graduate students who are required to engage in data analysis to meet the needs of their degree. This article tells the collaborative story of how one such student balanced her academic, methodological, ethical, and personal imperatives and developed the notion of motif as a beginning point for the effective interpretation of autoethnographical stories. Each motif in this research consisted of a collective story, vignette, art, and literature review.

First published on April 10, 2009, doi:10.1177/1077800409334200

Qualitative Inquiry 2009;15:980.

A more recent version of this article appeared on June 1, 2009


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