L’autoetnografia come metodologia qualitativa: fondamenti concettuali, tecniche, benefici e limiti
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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1825-8670/17815Parole chiave:
autoetnografia, formazione degli insegnanti, riflessività, scrittura evocativa, ricerca vulnerabileAbstract
Questo articolo fornisce una panoramica dell’autoetnografia come metodologia di ricerca qualitativa. Delinea le basi concettuali, l’evoluzione, le caratteristiche chiave, i metodi di raccolta dei dati e gli orientamenti teorici che hanno formato l’autoetnografia. Ne vengono discusse potenzialità uniche, tra cui la produzione di descrizioni dettagliate, la rivelazione di mondi sociali nascosti, l’interruzione di problematiche gerarchie nel potere di ricerca, il miglioramento della riflessività del ricercatore e l’aumento dell’accessibilità attraverso la narrazione evocativa. Vengono inoltre esaminate le criticità e i limiti del metodo, comprese questioni di etica, rigore, generalizzabilità e tendenze verso l’autoindulgenza. L’articolo raccomanda l’integrazione dell’autoetnografia nei contesti di ricerca per sfruttarne i punti di forza al fine di generare testimonianze di esperienze culturali variegate ed embodied, sebbene sia necessaria un’attenta implementazione. Nel complesso, l’analisi illustra come l’autoetnografia offra strumenti soggettivi ma sistematici, utili per un’indagine approfondita mirata a promuovere l’autocomprensione umana e la critica socioculturale.
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