The autoethnography lab is a multidisciplinary maker and methods space at Oberlin College. Working with guest speakers, course clusters, and monthly meetings, the auto-ethnography lab’s primary goal is to support the productivity, pedagogy, analysis of autoethnography at Oberlin College and surrounding communities. Discussions prioritize recent and ongoing projects, including the limits, complexities and contradictions of the method. Those in the lab look at the complex ways we archive, how we archive, and the multiple opportunities to apply these methods alongside social justice initiatives.
Dr. Deborah Wong is an ethnomusicologist and specializes in the musics of Thailand and Asian America. She holds an M.A. and Ph.D. (1991) from the University of Michigan, where she worked with ethnomusicologist Judith Becker. Her B.A., magna cum laude (1982), in anthropology and music, is from the University of Pennsylvania.
photo courtesy of Marta Kochenek
Dr. Ruth Pearce is a social researcher, specialising in transgender studies, women’s studies, and feminist theory. In addition to trans health, Dr. Pearce's research interests include ethnography and autoethnography, feminist theory, Internet studies, gender studies, queer theory, and trans cultural studies.