Living autoethnography: Connecting life and research

Journal of Research Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ngunjiri, Faith Wambura ^a   Hernandez, Kathy Ann C ^a   Chang, Heewon ^a  

^a EASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoethnography continuum; Collaborative autoethnography

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449284512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1712851X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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