Bernardo Quintana 405 . October 3, 2007 . 10:18 pm
Few things drive me crazier than people telling me "hey, don't take it personally." I have never been able to not take things personally: things are personal because life is personal.
Everything we do is strictly related and intertwined with our innermost emotions, thoughts and desires. I at least self-question myself all the time as I try to understand the spirals of the world around me. Whatever answers we give ourselves are more profound and genuine than any institutionalized one.
I applaud Ellis and Bochner's approach and willingness to present individual life experiences as means of uncovering wider group scenarios, being these academic or not. Because this type of work has been vastly criticized in the past I find it a very brave proposal. "... If these personal voices can be silenced, then perhaps they can return to business as usual in the social sciences." Well, apparently not anymore.
Let us observe the observer, instigate compassion, exposure, tolerance, value, courage and allow what's in our hearts to dictate what's in our agendas.
Autoethnography seems to be the ticket out.
T
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