Autoethnography and the Other

<p>Challenging the critique of autoethnography as overly focused on the self Tami Spry calls for a performative autoethnography that both unsettles the I and represents the Other with equal commitment. Expanding on her popular book <i>Body Paper Stage</i> Spry uses a variety of examples literary forms and theoretical traditions to reframe this research method as transgressive liberatory and decolonizing for both self and Other. Her book</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>draws on her own autoethnographic work with jazz musicians shamans and other groups;</li> <p> </p> <li>outlines a utopian performative methodology to spur hope and transformation;</li> <p> </p> <li>provides concrete guidance on how to implement this innovative methodological approach.</li> </ul>