In this unit, participants are introduced to the concept of auto-ethnography, a form of autobiographical personal narrative that explores a person's experiences in life. It can be presented in written, musical, visual or dramatic form.

This unit contains activities where participants are invited to write their own cultural autobiography and their life story; to work with photographs, images and representations of themselves. This allows participants the freedom to use their actual surroundings, to pick and choose the people who are important to their cultural identity, and to decide what issues and objects are most salient to their personal construction of world views.

The unit, developed within the Pestalozzi Programme, can be used at initial or in-service training of teachers in all levels of education.

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To cite this resource: Trasberg, K. (2012). Auto ethnography as a tool for self-reflection. Council of Europe, Pestalozzi Programme Training Units.