ICAE 2021 Second Keynote Carolyn Ellis & Arthur Bochner

“Touch me (with)in the Mourning: Living an Autoethnographic Life in a Global Pandemic.” Arthur P. Bochner and Carolyn Ellis
Our keynote will draw attention to vast divisions and deep rifts creating pain and grief in the midst of a global pandemic. On a personal level, we want to explore how living an autoethnographic life may have helped us emerge from social isolation with a greater appreciation for deeper, emotionally stirring conversations. For us, these conversations revolve around our lived experience of aging, declining physical abilities, and the meaning of caring and caregiving. Our goal is to help our communities cope with the epidemic of loneliness, sickness, and grief rooted in our lived-through experience of Covid-19.

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A beautiful and thought provoking collaborative keynote from Carolyn and Art. Thank you both