This article discusses the usefulness of critical analytical auto-ethnography in studying migrant (im)mobilities in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas the auto-ethnographic genre has boomed during COVID-19 times, the authors of auto-ethnographic texts usually focus on their own experiences of the pandemic, engaging in an evocative style of writing. Following an overview of autoethnographic writing genres, this article discusses complex issues of insider/outsider status in pandemic research. It calls for a critical and analytical auto-ethnographic approach to the study of migrations and mobilities in a context in which they are currently unevenly distributed.

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迈向批判性分析的自我民族志

本文讨论了在 COVID-19 大流行的背景下，批判性分析自我民族志在研究移民（不动）流动性方面的有用性。尽管在 COVID-19 时期自我民族志类型蓬勃发展，但自我民族志文本的作者通常专注于自己对大流行的经历，并采用令人回味的写作风格。在对自体民族志写作体裁进行概述之后，本文讨论了流行病研究中内部/外部地位的复杂问题。它要求采用批判性和分析性的自我民族志方法来研究目前分布不均的移民和流动性。