SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Autoethnography Based on Sub-Saharan women’s Insight into Sexual behaviour Ethnology Diana Diaz Delgado XENY002

Introduction Briefly introduction about my dissertation Hypothesis Question Purpose Methodology Referent List Key words

Hypothesis How have my identities affected/influenced as a lawyer, wife, mother, hybrid…my research?

Link Autoethnography Dissertation

Question Am I advocating for Sub-Saharan women? I am going to analyze/scrutinize my own self through an autoethographic process; thus, I will be able to determine my position as a researcher in the cross cultural analysis of my topic. Subsequently, I will have the knowledge to answer the question.

Purpose Diana The Researcher Sub-Saharan Women Finnish Experts The Participants Perceptions Emotions Feelings Impotence

Methodology Autoethnography the researcher is researched by herself. …exploration generates a lot of fears and self-doubts and emotional pain (Ellis, p. 372)

Methodology Narrative style Interviews and notes that I wrote when I was carrying out my research on Sub-Saharan women’s insight into sexual behaviour

Theoretical Framework Social Constructionism Faucouldian ideas on sexual hehaviour Modes of thoughts

Reference List Ellis, C. (1999), Keynote Addresses from the First Annual Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference, Heartful Autoethnography, Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 9 No Scott-Hoy, K and Ellis, Carolyne (2008). Literary Forms Wording Pictures. In Knowles, J. G. and Cole, Andra L. (Eds.), Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Research (pp ). Thousand Oaks, California: Saga Publications, Inc. Duncan, M. (2004). Autoethnography: Critical appreciation of an emerging art. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 3(4), Article 3. Retrieved 28-March-2011 from

Key words Ethnology Identity Interpretation Cultural behaviour Social Constructionims