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Introduction DEVINA SARWATAY To be a young researcher in the social sciences comes with its own set of challenges and learning opportunities. This Forum engages with the complications in conducting “care- full” inquiry when still in a learning/early mode of methods and ethical practice. We highlight autoethnographic narratives of early career researchers ranging from talking about the self and surrounding environment to the possibility of looking inward to understand and take the community forward, and from drawing resonance with text to (re)designing mechanisms for academic contemplation. Using autoethnographic accounts of care, or lack thereof, experienced by the scholars, their personal narratives have been tied to broader social and cultural, political, and economic contexts of their local realities for reflection on and recommendations for inclusivity such that richer engagement with the field can be undertaken for newer, nuanced meanings to emerge. Aditya Deshbandhu, University of Exeter, emphasizes the necessity of weaving an element of care in studying gaming cultures in India. He draws from his experiences and engagement with the Indian gaming publics over the last decade to propose a meta- reflective mechanism for researchers to contemplate on gamers’ ludic practices and experiences such that newer understandings can emerge from the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Autoethnography University of California Press

Introduction

Sarwatay, Devina
Journal of Autoethnography , Volume 4 (2): 2 – Apr 1, 2023
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DEVINA SARWATAY To be a young researcher in the social sciences comes with its own set of challenges and learning opportunities. This Forum engages with the complications in conducting “care- full” inquiry when still in a learning/early mode of methods and ethical practice. We highlight autoethnographic narratives of early career researchers ranging from talking about the self and surrounding environment to the possibility of looking inward to understand and take the community forward, and from drawing resonance with text to (re)designing mechanisms for academic contemplation. Using autoethnographic accounts of care, or lack thereof, experienced by the scholars, their personal narratives have been tied to broader social and cultural, political, and economic contexts of their local realities for reflection on and recommendations for inclusivity such that richer engagement with the field can be undertaken for newer, nuanced meanings to emerge. Aditya Deshbandhu, University of Exeter, emphasizes the necessity of weaving an element of care in studying gaming cultures in India. He draws from his experiences and engagement with the Indian gaming publics over the last decade to propose a meta- reflective mechanism for researchers to contemplate on gamers’ ludic practices and experiences such that newer understandings can emerge from the

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Published: Apr 1, 2023

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