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The synergy of creativity and scholarship Flexibility in crafting Autoethnographic Fiction

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  • Additional Information
    • Publication Date:
      2015
    • Collection:
      Zenodo
    • Abstract:
      This methodological article trailed my journey in the conduct of my autoethnographic study. I commenced by grounding on my stances from existing naturalistic assumptions that were deliberately amalgamated with social constructivism and interpretivism. The process allowed me to appreciate the beauty of the different philosophical positions learned inside the four walls of the classroom. This exposé additionally demonstrated my experiential learning activity that conirmed formally learned concepts in practice. Furthermore, it allowed me to appreciate new knowledge that my formal classroom setting failed to instill. With the domain of inquiry that is crafted in a general form, my own journey was scrutinized. The domain of inquiry prompted me to fathom that my own experiences were not solely owned by myself, but shared with others. This realization provoked me with ethical concerns that were addressed. I was able to hoax these concerns utilizing narrative fiction strategies - masking the real with the imagined while maintaining contextual truth, substance and subjective-reality logically. My fortuitous appreciation of fiction as a form of expressive humanities brought me to awareness that the art can be a medium of voicing subjective truth and reality. The article established the beauty of flexibility and emergent design expressed in my compliance with reflexivity and positioning. My unpredictable methodological decisions were pushed by the need for change – and this change caused me to learn and appreciate.
    • Relation:
      https://zenodo.org/record/2140762; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2140762; oai:zenodo.org:2140762
    • Accession Number:
      10.5281/zenodo.2140762
    • Online Access:
      https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2140762
      https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2140761
      https://zenodo.org/record/2140762
    • Rights:
      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.64ECB476