A Methodology of the Heart

By Ronald J. Pelias. 2004

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Education without ethics, without sentiments, without heart, is simply soulless, factual academics and nothing more. In his array of authentic essays, Ronald J. Pelias poetically evokes the spiritual aspects of life in a seemingly dispassionate field—the academy. A Methodology of the Heart presents a procession of situational compositions confronting matters such as family relationships, student/teacher communications, and general life at the university. In his comical yet candid book, Pelias depicts the emotional battle for understanding and honesty within the conventional boundaries of higher education. It introduces such subjects as autoethnography, autobiography, personal narratives, memoir, creative non-fiction, and performative writing. It is absolutely a crucial addition to all book collectors with autoethnographic or communication interests as well as to the general reader attracted to daily life and higher education.

Subfields: Cultural Studies, Education, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• Handbook of Autoethnography (2021, background): “By emphasizing the interrelationship between the interpretive-autoethnographer and the cultural (con)”
• What Makes Qualitative Research Qualitative? (2007, background): “Indeed, for some, ethnography can be understood as ‘‘a methodology of the heart’’ (Pelias, 2004).”