Transformagram Portfolios:
Using Autoethnography in Transformational Learning

The Transformagram Portfolio pedagogy will be presented, explaining concepts that emerged from the autoethnographic process as well as the pedagogical method. Using autoethnography and duoethnography, to elicit story mandalas about students’ conflict and illness narratives, creates a reflexive transformational learning space. The phases of the experiential learning process will be explained in relation to the theoretical references including the Flexibility Hypothesis of Healing. The Transformagram Portfolios have been used in courses teaching Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Conflict Resolution, as well as the Naturopathic Medicine. The presentation will showcase how transformagram pedagogy can be used to reinforce relational practices in higher education.

Dr. Susan Mossman Riva teaches in the Department of Cultural and Social Studies at Creighton University and at the College of Alternative Medicine in Martigny, Switzerland. She received her PhD. in the Social Sciences from the University of Tilburg, in conjunction with the Taos Institute. She is a scholar practitioner using mediation, medical anthropology, and social psychology. She applies concepts from her autoethnographic work developed in her book "Homing In". She lives in the Swiss Alps. su.riva@bluewin.ch