Hauntings of a Korean American woman researcher in the field |
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| Authors: | Irene H Yoon |
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| Institution: | 1. Educational Leadership &2. Policy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this autoethnography, I inquire into naming the histories and dynamics behind some of the embodied and affective experiences I have had as a Korean American woman of color while studying up/down, across/within, in White-dominant professional spaces such as K-12 schools. This ‘in-between’ status is part of the nature of being Korean American. In this inquiry, I draw on vignettes from my experiences in the field as an ethnographic researcher. These experiences form the heart of the paper in the form of epigraphs and narratives from experiences in multiple studies to capture the reverberations of fleeting moments – hauntings – that have accumulated over time. In doing so, I am joining existing conversations about Korean American women and about researcher reflexivity and positionality, bringing them together across time and space. |
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| Keywords: | Korean American positionality haunting ethnography researcher autoethnography |
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