Embracing Change: Conversations about Adult Education and Activism through Autoethnography

We are delighted to present this collection of stories by adult educators as they explore their scholarship and activism through autoethnography. Our call for papers resulted in a number of interesting proposals, and we had a difficult task selecting only a few articles to fit the space in the journal’s special issue—autoethnography is more popular than we anticipated! In this special issue, we highlight adult educators reflecting on practices in formal, non-formal, and informal settings. Our interest stems from the crucial role reflective practice plays in facilitating learning and research in adult learning. We have used autoethnography in our research and found it a powerful process to critically reflect on the personal and professional history of our engagement in various movements for social, political, and ecological justice.