autoethnography

/ˌɔtoʊ.ɛθˈnɑɡɹəfi/

UK: /ˌɔːtəʊ.ɛθˈnɒɡɹəfi/

ɔtoʊ · ƐΘNⱭꞬɹƏFI (2 syllables)

English Noun

Definition

An ethnographic study drawing on one's own anecdotal or personal experience, or an approach to conducting research in which anecdotal or personal experience is foregrounded.

Etymology

From auto- + ethnography.

Example Sentences

"The aborigine's autobiography was also an autoethnography. It told much about the culture he grew up in."