Interview With Carolyn Ellis: Autoethnography, Storytelling, and Life as Lived: A Conversation Between Marcin Kafar and Carolyn Ellis

• Authors: Marcin Kafar , Carolyn Ellis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This conversation takes place in Warsaw. Carolyn Ellis has come to Poland to accompany Jerry Rawicki, a Warsaw Ghetto survivor, on his first trip back to Poland since the Holocaust. There she arranged to meet Marcin Kafar, a scholar in Poland who has spent time with her at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida. During this visit, Marcin assists Carolyn with video recording Jerry’s experiences as they visit Holocaust sites, and Jerry remembers and reflects on his experience. Afterwards, Marcin converses with Carolyn about autoethnography, storytelling, and the importance of life in the context of searching for ethos by academics.

Keywords

EN

Autoethnography; Storytelling; Personal Narrative; Scientific (Auto)Biographies; Ethos; Carolyn Ellis

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Przegląd Socjologii Jakościowej
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 124-143

Contributors

author

Marcin Kafar

• University of Lodz, Poland

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Carolyn Ellis

• University of South Florida, U.S.A.

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