Longitudinal Autoethnography
Longitudinal autoethnography is a qualitative research design in which the researcher systematically documents, reflects on, and analyzes their own lived experience across an extended period — typically months to years. By combining the self-reflexive focus of autoethnography with a longitudinal temporal structure, this approach reveals how personal meanings, identities, and social understandings evolve over time. It bridges the personal and the cultural, producing richly layered narratives that connect individual transformation to broader social processes.
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- Ellis, C. (2004). The Ethnographic I: A Methodological Novel about Autoethnography. AltaMira Press. · ISBN 978-0759103535
- Holman Jones, S., Adams, T. E., & Ellis, C. (2013). Introduction: Coming to know autoethnography as more than a method. In S. Holman Jones, T. E. Adams, & C. Ellis (Eds.), Handbook of Autoethnography (pp. 17–47). Left Coast Press. · URL
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