Race C.A.R.: Examining Race as a Driving Force in Critical Autoethnographic Research

• In Event: Roundtable Session 9
  In Roundtable Session: Critical Race Theory Autoethnography: Narratives Related to Race and Qualitative Research

Abstract

Critical autoethnography is a form of inquiry to examine race as a central perspective for conducting and analyzing research. Grounded in deeply personal and nuanced narratives, critical autoethnography has the capacity to develop anti-oppressive and ethno-relative narratives that counter power, privilege, and access as related to race. This work explores the implicit reality of race in research and how it impacts researcher identity in the socio-historical context of the narrative. Finally, this work argues for the renaming of racial categories in an effort to dismantle the socio-historical and conceptual ideals of race that support master narratives.

Authors

• Stephen D. Hancock, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• Ayana Allen, University of North Carolina - Charlotte