Learning to Disclose: A Postcolonial Autoethnography of Transracial Adoption

Autor/inn/en	Schwartz, Joni; Schwartz, Rebecca
Titel	Learning to Disclose: A Postcolonial Autoethnography of Transracial Adoption
Quelle	In: Journal of Transformative Education, 16 (2018) 1, S.39-57 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1541-3446
DOI	10.1177/1541344617715709
Schlagwörter	Ethnography; Mothers; Daughters; Imagination; Transformative Learning; Racial Identification; Adoption; Meta Analysis; Qualitative Research; Foreign Policy; Racial Differences; Learning Experience; Reflection; Foreign Countries; Disclosure; Blacks; Whites; Personal Narratives; Adult Education; Self Concept; Haiti + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnografie; Mother; Mutter; Daughter; Tochter; Pädagogische Transformation; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Qualitative Forschung; Außenpolitik; Rassenunterschied; Lernerfahrung; Ausland; Black person; Schwarzer; White; Weißer; Erlebniserzählung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	This autoethnographic research project examines the transformational learning of a transracial adoptive adult mother and daughter through the lens of postcolonialism. As collaborative researchers, adult adoptee and adoptive mother, examine this lifelong learning experience through critical self-reflection, qualitative meta-analysis, and autoethnographic research methods within the overarching historical and sociopolitical context of Haiti. The findings address the lived complexities of increasingly hybrid families, particularly around the contentious boundaries of race, nationality, and colonial history, as they impact transformational learning. Color blindness and racial identity development for both mother and daughter within their relationship are explored. Implications for adult educators around the use of autoethnography to engage the social imagination and employ disclosure toward transformative learning are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01