Ethnographic Methodologies Research

Faculty Eldercare Overview

This project explores challenges faced by academics with caregiving responsibilities for aging parents. This research employs a collaborative autoethnographic approach, where the authors examine their shared experiences as caregivers in academia through cycles of individual narrative creation, mutual reflection, and thematic analysis informed by Erikson's stages of psychosocial development. This methodology develops new avenues for ethnographic research by situating personal narratives within established theoretical frameworks, utilizing collaborative analysis to generate rich, co-constructed insights, and creating a model for studying complex intersections of personal and professional lives.