The Insider Looking Out: Discovering the Real Me. (July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Forber-Pratt, Anjali J.
• Other Names: Atay Ahmet guest-editor.; Bhattacharya Kakali guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 28:Number 6(2022)
• Page Start: 609
• Page End: 617
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Subjects: performance ethnography -- ethnographies -- methodologies -- autoethnography -- disability studies; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1077800421998300
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

This article is an autoethnographic performative account based on my story as a transnational adopted academic disabled scholar of color finding my own sense of personal and professional "home." The format was constructed based on my previous work of specific movie scenes and corresponding dialogue appearing throughout the text. The resulting piece showcases the journey and the struggles to find and to intentionally build my home in the academy using my complex identities as the foundation.