Autoethnography, storytelling and Lego® Serious Play®: embracing the subjectivity of practice to engage students within academic librarianship

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Wheeler, A. 2024. Autoethnography, storytelling and Lego® Serious Play®: embracing the subjectivity of practice to engage students within academic librarianship. Legal Information Management. 24 (2), pp. 92-97. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669624000239
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TitleAutoethnography, storytelling and Lego® Serious Play®: embracing the subjectivity of practice to engage students within academic librarianship
AuthorsWheeler, A.
Abstract

In this article Alan Wheeler advocates for academic librarians to employ the principles of autoethnography and storytelling within their practice, as a tactic for student engagement. As a librarian and researcher operating within Higher Education (HE), Alan has always illustrated his practice with personal accounts of how to operate effectively as a student. Here, he proposes that librarians in academia embrace the autoethnographic principles of vulnerability, uncertainty and subjectivity to explore their position within HE, but also as a teaching tool.

KeywordsAutoethnography; Lego(R) Serious Play(R); Academic Librarianship; Higher Education
Sustainable Development Goals4 Quality education
Middlesex University ThemeCreativity, Culture & Enterprise
PublisherCambridge University Press
JournalLegal Information Management
ISSN1472-6696
Electronic1741-2021
Publication dates
Online30 Oct 2024
PrintJun 2024
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Accepted30 Oct 2024
Deposited25 Nov 2024
Output statusPublished
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This article has been published in a revised form in Legal Information Management [http://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669624000239]. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND licence. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © copyright holder.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669624000239
LanguageEnglish
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