life events
semiotic, linguistic, and discursive orientations
ethnography
diary methods
empowerment
qualitative data collection
lifecourse
life story
social-interactional orientations
research design
narrative analysis
theory, metatheory, methodology, and inquiry
methods
poststructuralism
critical orientations
cybernetic and systems orientations
narrative research
autoethnography
Autoethnography refers to ethnographic research, writing, story, and method that connect the autobiographical and personal to the cultural, social, and political. In autoethnography, the life of the researcher becomes a conscious part of what is studied. [Source: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods; Autoethnography]