Auto-ethnography [field study about oneself] is by definition an experimental form of ethnography. According to Catherine Russell, many key examples of experimental cinema and autobiographical films could be understood as auto-ethnography. Linda Lai will discuss this view, trace such a history, and shed light on the notion of auto-ethnography in the practice of contemporary art. Various examples by famous artists and Lai’s own video work will be used for illustration.
Title of talk: “Autoethnography: experimental ethnography / a hybrid creative practice”
1:00 – 3:00pm / Saturday, March 6, 2010
1st floor, no. 99 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai
Studio’s open house session will begin at 12:30pm. Come early to have a cup of tea (or coffee).
Outline of talk:
│The basic problematic: the meeting of ethnographic research and contemporary …


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