Contents
A Cartographic Prelude
Preface-Intentionality vs. Accidentalism
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction(s) and the Search for an Autoethnographic Ethic
An Autoethnographic Introduction
Autoethnography Introduced Through the Literature
Autoethnographic Ethics
Relational Ethics
Ethical Guidelines
Contextuality and Reflexivity in Ethics
The Ethics of Revelation and Healing
Dis-em-bodied Ethics
An Ethical Direction
Chapter 2: Engaging the Literature
Three Key Ideas of Autoethnography
Aspect 1: The Ethics of Story Creation
Aspect 2: The Ethics of Story Telling
Aspect 3: Strengths and Limitations of the Researcher and the Method
A Possible Way Forward
Intuitionism as a Philosophical Basis for Ethical Autoethnography
Chapter 3: The Grids: Three Worked Examples of Applying Ethical Grids to Autoethnographic Text
An Introduction to the Grids
Ethical Eyes
Exposure Grid
Ideas and Duties Grid
Chapter 4: Worked Example 1: An Epistemology of Love
Autoethnographic Essay: An Epistemology of Love
Worked Example 1-An Epistemology of Love
Ethical Eyes
Exposure Grid
Ideas and Duties Grid
Discussion of Grids
Chapter 5: Worked Example 2: Fire Reflections
Autoethnographic Essay: Fire Reflections
Worked Example 2-Fire Reflections
Ethical Eyes
Exposure Grid
Ideas and Duties Grid
Discussion of Grids
Chapter 6: Worked Example 3: What Happened?
Autoethnographic Essay: What Happened?
Worked Example 3-What Happened?
Ethical Eyes
Exposure Grid
Ideas and Duties Grid
Discussion of Grids
Chapter 7: Making Sense in Retrospect
Implications for Psychotherapists, Teachers, Memoirists, and Other Writers
An Acceptable Approximate
Appendix
References