Writing Genealogy: Auto/Biographical research, Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry

Dear Colleagues,

Genealogy is now accepting submissions for a Special Issue on the topic, “Writing Genealogy:  Auto/Biographical research, Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry.”

Broadly conceived, the editorial team is interested in articles which examine the research methods that underpin the writing of genealogy, family histoies, reminiscence, and memoir. We also invite scholars to examine the ways in which genealogical histories are crafted and contextualized within the complexity of social and family relationships, class, gender, race and ethnicity, or nation.  Authors are also encouraged to reflect on how they have articulated the wider process of text-making, narrating meaning, and analysing themes when writing genealogy.

This issue also invites essays from scholars who are researching and writing genealogy where there may have been genealogical disruptions, such as those experienced by refugee background families.

Papers are invited from any relevant disciplinary backgrounds, addressing but not limited to research methods, analysis/reflection, and crafting techniques employed for writing genealogy, including but not limited to:

Biographical research

Collective biographical research

Autobiographical research

Critical autoethnographic/autoethnographic research

Storytelling research

Pūrākau and indigenous whakapapa/genealogy research

Narrative Inquiry

Personal narratives and genealogy

Thematic analysis

Archival Research

Access/non-access to records

Genealogy Research utilising genealogy software

Identities and genealogy — personal and social

Genealogical bewilderment

Writing genealogy

Genealogy in practice, writing the lives of individuals and families

Reflecting and re-thinking the politics of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation/and or gender Identity through writing genealogy

Social media, internet, and genealogy

Family stories and genealogy

Genealogical communities

Dr. Helene Connor
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Genealogy is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.