Autoethnography as a Tool for Integral Human Development and Wayfinding - Softcover

Riva, Susan Mossman

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798337367729

Verlag: IGI GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Autoethnography is powerful research method for exploring integral human development by acknowledging lived experience as an insightful source. By reflecting on personal narratives within broader cultural, social, and developmental contexts, autoethnography enables individuals and communities to make sense of identity, meaning, and transformation across lifespans. As a tool for wayfinding, it supports deeper self-awareness and ethical orientation in complex environments. Autoethnography bridges the inner experience with external systems, contributing to more holistic understanding of human growth that integrates cognitive, emotional, cultural, and spiritual dimensions. Autoethnography as a Tool for Integral Human Development and Wayfinding explores the transformative potential of autoethnography as a method for personal and communal growth. It demonstrates how autoethnographic practice helps with the navigation of complex life experiences, offering a path toward integral human development. This book covers topics such as cultural traditions, spiritual practice, and community development, and is a useful resource for sociologists, psychologists, academicians, researchers, and scientists.

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Dr. Susan Mossman Riva , a mediator and social scientist with extensive experience in anthropology and mental health research. Dr. Riva's background in mediating for political asylum seekers in Switzerland and her work in the Senior Living Lab add a unique perspective to the transformative journey outlined in her guidebook. The transformative approach emerges from her courses in the medical anthropology program at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska where she teaches courses on complementary and alternative medicine and conflict resolution. Her autoethnographic research includes “Homing In: An Adopted Child's Story Mandala of Connecting Reunion and Belonging” and “Crafting Peace Through Autoethnography: Reflexive Pedagogies for Navigating Difficult Times.” Riva has incorporated autoethnographic methods into a guidebook for writing to transform adapting the for lifelong learners.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: IGI GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798337367729
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 572
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: preigu GmbH & Co. KG; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; Niedersachsen; 49078; Deutschland