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An artifact made by the team I managed to answer the question: why do you think we are who we are?

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Offer an "alternative to the dominant discourse" (p. 159)

"By expanding concepts of social justice, identifying violations of it, critiquing, taken-for-granted norms, and describing actions that support ethical social change, autoethnograhers strive to make the world a better place.

"autoethnography is an ethical approach to inquiry" (p. 160)

Lapadat, J. C. (2018). Collaborative Autoethnography: An Ethical Approach to Inquiry that Makes a Difference. In N. K. Denzin & M. D. Giardina (Eds.), Qualitative Inquiry in the Public Sphere (pp. 156 - 170). New York:Routledge.

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"The use of a self-reflective narrative research process, in conjunction with a philosophy that honours multiple truths, is congruent with a research approach that seeks nisitohtamowin (a Cree word for understanding) or ‘self-in-relation’ (Graveline, 1998: 57). "(p.27)

Kovach, M. (2009). Indigenous and Qualitative Inquiry: A round dance? (chapter)

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"The primary assumption of autoethnography
is that (general) culture flows through the (specific) self; a person cannot live absent of or from
cultural influences (e.g., language, technology, social interaction). Thus, autoethnographers presume that writing about the self is simultaneously writing about cultural values, practices,
and experiences." (p. 252)

Adams, T. E., & Manning, J. (2015). Autoethnography and Family Research. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 350–366. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12116

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"Autoethnography refers to research, writing, stories, and methods that connect the autobiographical and personal to the cultural, social, and political. This approach considers
personal experience as an important source of knowledge in and of itself, as well as a
source of insight into cultural experience."

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"When we push down hurt or pretend that struggle doesn’t exist, the hurt and struggle own us.

Owning our stories is standing in our truth. It’s transformative in our personal and professional lives AND it’s also critical in our community lives."

Brene Brown, Website

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The Care Bears' ultimate weapon is the "Care Bear Stare", in which the collected Bears stand together and radiate light from their respective tummy symbols.
These combine to form a ray of love and good cheer which could bring care and joy into the target's heart.

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The Care Bare Stare was commonly used on villains, humans and the Care Bears themselves, who were under the effects of Professor Cold-heart's uncaring magic.

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As Ellis (2004) notes, autoethnographers “look
inward, exposing a vulnerable self that is moved by and may move through, refract, and
resist cultural interpretations,” and, simultaneously, focus “outward on social and cultural
aspects of their personal experience” (p. 37; see Ellis, 2009a; Ellis, Adams, & Bochner,
2011).

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To keep the dream alive, I discovered I need to concur my own darkness, inquire critically about it, understand it in relation to, then I can radiate any lights :)