ABSTRACT
Autoethnographers want to connect their readers with evocative stories that shine a light on lived experiences in order to raise awareness and increase empathy with certain ways of being that might be different than their own. W. B. Gudykunst discusses the necessity of recognising at least one of the participants in any research as a stranger. He argues that while the stranger may be situated within the social group under study at the time of the exchange, she/he is outside the group in terms of cultural alignment. This chapter offers a resistance to traditional academic writing; valuing of personal storytelling and imaginative texts in academic research; and a space for the writers and readers to reflect on their experience of HE and the effects of neoliberalism on how they teach, think. It also offers creative research methods using dialogue, stories; and practical ideas for a more motivated academic practice that requires time off campus, collaborative work, dialogue and reflection, making.
