Familiar ways: Vulnerable auto-ethnography in creative practice

Sobers, Shawn

Abstract

Sobers’ presentation discusses different ways the notion of family has entered his work: from the macro perspective of identity through diaspora communities through to very personal reflections relating to immediate family members and events. Showing examples from a range of genres – photography, moving image, illustration and multimedia works – he re-evaluates how the notion of family has been both a central direct concern and an indirect metaphor as well as a creative vehicle for ideas.

In Sobers’ work, the idea of family has taken on political dimensions and also for personal self-healing. This presentation is a candid auto-ethnographic discussion of these key moments in his practice, and what he has learned along the way.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Family Matters
• Start Date: Dec 5, 2014
• End Date: Dec 5, 2014
• Publication Date: Dec 5, 2014
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: auto-ethnography, creative practice, reflexivity, vulnerable anthropology
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/806608
• Publisher URL: https://familytiesnetwork.wordpress.com/events/
• Related Public URLs: http://www.shawnsobers.com
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Family Matters