ABSTRACT
In traditional ethnography, the researcher inserts himself or herself in the field and studies 'the other'. At the same time, and in direct tension, it is the goal of the traditional ethnographer 'to remove the researcher's influence from the study and the presentation'. Autoethnography is an extension of ethnography in which the focus is on the researcher's experience. In autoethnographic research, the purpose of the study is to explore a social phenomenon present in the researcher's own group using his or her personal experience with that phenomenon. So it was also in their honor and in their memory that they donned the ring and was prepared to move full speed ahead. Mentoring in the context of graduate education has been described as 'a process that provides individuals with support and protection during their graduate training'.
