Shawn Sobers Shawn.Sobers@uwe.ac.uk
Professor - Cultural Interdisciplinary Practice
Familiar ways: Vulnerable auto-ethnography in creative practice
Sobers, Shawn
Authors
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.
Citation
Sobers, S. (2014, December). Familiar ways: Vulnerable auto-ethnography in creative practice. Paper presented at Family Matters
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (unpublished) |
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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Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |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 |
Publisher URL | https://familytiesnetwork.wordpress.com/events/ |
Related Public URLs | http://www.shawnsobers.com |
Additional Information | Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Family Matters |
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