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Another dimension of Clandinin and Connelly's three-dimensional narrative
space is continuity. They see experiences as temporal, that the lives of people,
institutions and things are experienced on a continuum and are contextualized within a
longer-term historical narrative. The past, present, and future expectations influence
experience. Most of the semi-structured interviews began with the participant recounting
how they first came to participate in community events and these autobiographical tales
became one of the ways we related to one another about personal and social
understandings of the art car community. The third dimension is space, or series of
spaces.
Narrative inquiry is interested in understanding the particular rather than
generalizations, privileges meaning over findings, and also values and maintains
distinctions rather than discarding "outliers," in addition to honoring multiple voices
rather than the authority of the investigator (Morgan-Fleming, Riegle, & Fryer, 2007).
Therefore, in this autoethnography, I have included voices that challenge my own and
have worked to include the integrity of the dialogue, including false-starts, pauses,
utterances, and improper grammar.
Participants and Location of Research
Working as part of the community was significant to my ability to conduct
research, because as Wolcott (1997) states, "by being on the scene, the ethnographer
not only is afforded continual opportunity to ask questions but also seeks constantly to
reflect on the best questions to ask" (p. 334). Again, the art car community itself is not
limited to a specific site, rather is created by those who come together for this and77
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Stienecker, Dawn. The Art Car Spectacle: a Cultural Display and Catalyst for Community, dissertation, August 2012; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149669/m1/87/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .