%0 Journal Article
%T Borges & Bike Rides: Toward an Understanding of Autoethnography
%A John O. Wamsted
%J Qualitative Research in Education
%D 2012
%I Hipatia Press
%R 10.4471/qre.2012.09
%X In this article the author¡ªa full-time high school mathematics teacher and concurrent doctoral candidate in Department of Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology at Georgia State University¡ªwill make a case for the use of an autoethnographic methodological tool he is calling narrative mining. He will begin by briefly summarizing his experiences attempting to write and publish autoethnography; a short story by Argentine mystery writer Jorge Luis Borges will serve as a frame to provide three examples of barriers the author believes lie between a writer and any attempt at self-knowledge. A partial solution to these barriers is proposed in the form of an examination of the personal stories a writer has told over time. An example is then shown, and a call made for a deeper look into the possible spaces opened up in a continued examination of the personal story.
%K autoethnography
%K identity
%K narrative mining
%K storytelling
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4471/qre.2012.09