Living sustainability
My second autoethnographic article (Living sustainability: reflections on the value of everyday practices) is out. I worked on this article for many months both in Finland and Denmark, but it captures and embodies much more time than that. It's another analysis of these autoethnographic notes that are my autoethnographic data. In the very beginning, as I stepped on the path of formally studying my practice via autoethnography, I took several of these notes privately. Then I began to wonder how my strong belief in research transparency fit into it. I decided to post all my notes, together with photographs, and then write all new entries right here so my fellow humans could read it. There is nothing else.
This data are many things to me. It's part of my research. It's my story. It's a diary of me as a human being (that is why many entries are very personal). It's a description of trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle within a given framework (including various structures and systems as well as my own body).
I hope to continue writing this autoethnography for the rest of my life, reflecting on various changes, challenges, and growth. I plan to share our journey of becoming parents and navigating sustainable living with a child in a society where overconsumption is normalised.
I received an email from the publisher encouraging me to share the 50 free copies of the article with friends and colleagues. Most of my colleagues have access to this article via their institutions, or they are used to emailing the author directly to ask for a copy (it's a standard practice in academia). Oftentimes, it is persons from other walks of life who don't have access to academic works, so I'm posting the link to the free copies here:
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/M7WMMFAM3MUBWCSHWY6U/full?target=10.1080/14767430.2024.2421696
The article is very long. It's probably the longest article I've written. It contains some stories, contemplations on the theme of the self in sustainability transformations, and many examples from my everyday life. I recommend to download the article as a pdf (click view pdf) and read it over time. I didn't write it only for academics. I wrote it for everyone.