Auto-, duo- and collaborative-ethnographies: “caring” in an audit culture climate

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to make a case for the strength of qualitative work, but more specifically for various kinds of ethnographies.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors argue that global neoliberal and audit culture policies have crept into academic research, tertiary education practice, and research culture.

Findings

The authors then discuss major tenets of and make the case for the use of auto-, duo-, and collaborative-ethnographies as caring practices and research method(ologies) that may in fact push back against such hegemonic neoliberal practices in the academy. Finally, the authors link these caring types of ethnographies to the papers within this special issue.

Originality/value

This is an original look at the concepts of auto-, duo-, and collaborative-ethnographies with relation to caring practices.

Citation

Rinehart, R.E. and Earl, K. (2016), "Auto-, duo- and collaborative-ethnographies: “caring” in an audit culture climate", Qualitative Research Journal, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 210-224. https://doi.org/10.1108/QRJ-04-2016-0024