“Knowing What It Is like”: Dialoguing with Multiculturalism and Equity Through Collective Poetic Autoethnographic Inquiry

Authors

  • Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Inbanathan Naicker University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Daisy Pillay University of KwaZulu-Natal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v19i1.1255

Keywords:

collective autoethnography, dialogue, equity, multiculturalism, poetic inquiry

Abstract

We offer an account of how we, a research team of three South African academics, have dialogued with multiculturalism and equity through collective poetic autoethnographic inquiry. The focus of the article is on our learning through reading and responding to published autoethnographies by three other South African academics. We share our learning about how poetry and dialogue can facilitate a generative entanglement with autoethnographies written by others. The article highlights the promise of collective poetic autoethnographic inquiry for opening up spaces for dialoguing with multiculturalism and equity. 

Author Biographies

Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Senior Lecturer, School of Education

Inbanathan Naicker, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Senior Lecturer, School of Education

Daisy Pillay, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Senior Lecturer, School of Education

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Published

2017-02-28

How to Cite

Pithouse-Morgan, K., Naicker, I., & Pillay, D. (2017). “Knowing What It Is like”: Dialoguing with Multiculturalism and Equity Through Collective Poetic Autoethnographic Inquiry. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 19(1), 125–143. https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v19i1.1255