Paper Title
HEARING THE ECHOES: CURATING LEARNING

Abstract
Autoethnographic methodology facilitates the researcher’s encounter with data by implicating the sensitive relationship between lived experience and research. The methodology shifts the critical lens directly on oneself in the process of engaging in the respective contexts that inform the research. The data for this study is a component of a larger research project and includes the journal logbooks collected in the course of various research projects with Indigenous students, parents, and community members from 2017 to 2018 in various locations across Turtle Island. The logs consist of written reflections, both immediate and more gradual, that describe the researcher’s interpretation of the experience. The reflections are not bound by the conventions of formal writing but instead are meant to collect the association of ideas as they are perceived and experienced. The presentation will discuss various themes consistent in the data including hearing the echoes in the sharing of stories. Last, the presentation will discuss the researcher’s affective engagement in the research process and the curation of their own learning. Keywords - Autoethnographic methodology; Research engagement