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	Longitudinal Autoethnografi	Autoetnografi
Ämnesområde	Kvalitativa metoder	Kvalitativa metoder
Familj	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Ursprungsår	2000s–2010s	Late 20th century (term coined 1979; method consolidated 1990s–2000s)
Upphovsperson	Carolyn Ellis, Arthur Bochner (autoethnography foundations); longitudinal extension by various scholars from 2000s onward	Carolyn Ellis, Arthur Bochner, Norman Denzin (prominent theorists); David Hayano coined the term in 1979
Typ	Qualitative longitudinal research design	Qualitative research method
Ursprungskälla	Ellis, C. (2004). The Ethnographic I: A Methodological Novel about Autoethnography. AltaMira Press. ISBN: 978-0759103535	Ellis, C. (2004). The Ethnographic I: A Methodological Novel about Autoethnography. AltaMira Press. ISBN: 978-0759100947
Alias	longitudinal self-ethnography, temporal autoethnography, long-term autoethnography, longitudinal personal narrative research	auto-ethnography, AE, personal narrative research, self-ethnography
Närliggande	6	6
Sammanfattning	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.	Autoethnography is a qualitative research method in which the researcher uses systematic self-reflection and personal narrative to examine their own experiences within a cultural, social, or organizational context. By treating the self as both subject and instrument, autoethnography connects individual lived experience to broader cultural patterns, making personal stories analytically and socially significant. It bridges autobiography and ethnography, producing accounts that are simultaneously evocative and scholarly.