This volume is a call for integrity in autoethnographic research. Stephen Andrew weaves together philosophy, critical theory, and extended self-reflections to demonstrate how and why qualitative researchers should assess the ethical quality of their work. He also offers practical tools designed to limit the likelihood of self-indulgence and solipsism in first-person writing.

ContentsA Cartographic PreludePreface—Intentionality vs. AccidentalismAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction(s) and the Search for an Autoethnographic EthicAn Autoethnographic IntroductionAutoethnography Introduced Through the LiteratureAutoethnographic EthicsRelational Ethics Ethical GuidelinesContextuality and Reflexivity in EthicsThe Ethics of Revelation and HealingDis-em-bodied EthicsAn Ethical DirectionChapter 2: Engaging the LiteratureThree Key Ideas of AutoethnographyAspect 1: The Ethics of Story CreationAspect 2: The Ethics of Story TellingAspect 3: Strengths and Limitations of the Researcher and the MethodA Possible Way ForwardIntuitionism as a Philosophical Basis for Ethical AutoethnographyChapter 3: The Grids: Three Worked Examples of Applying Ethical Grids to Autoethnographic TextAn Introduction to the GridsEthical EyesExposure GridIdeas and Duties GridChapter 4: Worked Example 1: "An Epistemology of Love"Autoethnographic Essay: "An Epistemology of Love"Worked Example 1—"An Epistemology of Love"Ethical EyesExposure GridIdeas and Duties GridDiscussion of GridsChapter 5: Worked Example 2: "Fire Reflections"Autoethnographic Essay: "Fire Reflections"Worked Example 2—"Fire Reflections"Ethical EyesExposure GridIdeas and Duties GridDiscussion of GridsChapter 6: Worked Example 3: "What Happened?"Autoethnographic Essay: "What Happened?"Worked Example 3—"What Happened?"Ethical Eyes Exposure GridIdeas and Duties GridDiscussion of GridsChapter 7: Making Sense in RetrospectImplications for Psychotherapists, Teachers, Memoirists, and Other WritersAn Acceptable ApproximateAppendixReferences

"The book concludes with an invitation for others to join the journey, suggesting the utility of this ethical approach outside autoethnography—for teachers, journalists, biographers and memoirists. Andrew’s approach to ethics could benefit anyone conducting social science research and has practical applications for novice and seasoned researchers. As a novice qualitative researcher, I appreciate a text devoted to the “how to” of autoethnographic ethics…although this book is much more than that, as most pursuits usually are." --Janie Copple is a first-year doctoral student in the Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methodologies program at the University of Georgia."Searching for an Autoethnographic Ethic is accessible for novice researchers and provides useful, practical advice and techniques to better understand the ethical issues that confront us all."--ROSE RICHARDS, Stellenbosch University, South Africa"Stephen Andrew weaves vulnerably written, self-narrative prose and poetry into a guided framework for novice and seasoned autoethnographers on ways to methodically approach ethics. This book chronicles a series of personal, and at times unsettling experiences that have shaped his autobiographical journey and his pursuit towards autoethnographic ethics, realizing along the way that these were always, in parts, pieces of the same puzzle."--Janie Copple, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA