‘Remember that time?’: introducing retrospective collaborative autoethnography

Tripathi, Animesh; Polus, Reni; Zhang, Yunzhen; Nautiyal, Rajesh; Shaheer, Ismail

Abstract

Autoethnography is a well-established methodological approach in research, including tourism studies. Despite the frequent application of autoethnography in research, some scholars have raised challenges in employing autoethnography such as individual bias, selective memory, change of participants’ attitudes over time, logistical challenges, conducting synchronous research, and influence by dominant researchers within the group. This Research Letter proposes Retrospective Collaborative Autoethnography (RCA) as a method of qualitative inquiry situated within autoethnography, collaborative autoethnography, and retrospective autoethnography, which mitigate/reduce these challenges.

Citation

Tripathi, A., Polus, R., Zhang, Y., Nautiyal, R., & Shaheer, I. (online). ‘Remember that time?’: introducing retrospective collaborative autoethnography. Tourism Recreation Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2022.2109864

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 17, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Aug 11, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jul 12, 2024
• Print ISSN: 0250-8281
• Electronic ISSN: 2320-0308
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2022.2109864
• Keywords: Ethnography; autoethnography; retrospection; collaboration; retrospective collaborative autoethnography; methodology