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The Who Am I? Project (2008 - 2012)
- From
- June 2008
- To
- 2012
- Categories
- Project
- Alternative Names
- Who Am I? The Archive as Central to Quality Practice for Current and Past Care Leavers (Forgotten Australians) [LP0883232] (Also known as)
- Website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140404201321/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/know/research/sector-research-partnership/partnership-projects/out-home-care/who-am-i
The Who Am I? project was an Australian Research Council funded project. The grant for the project was awarded in June 2008. This research project investigated the role played by archiving and recordkeeping practices in the construction of identity for people who experienced out of home 'care' as children (including members of the Stolen Generations and Forgotten Australians).
Publications
Conference Papers
- Humphreys, Cathy and Kertesz, Margaret, 'Who am I? The role of record keeping in supporting identity for looked after young people', in The Annual Congress of the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Belfast, April, 2012. Details
- Jones, Michael and McCarthy, Gavan, 'The Pathways Project: Underpinning Principles', in Find and Connect Seminar Series - Sharing and Reflecting on the Australian Experience of Supporting Care Leavers Access Records, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 2 July 2012, 2012. Details
- Musgrove, Nell, 'History and Healing: The Challenges of Writing a History of Children in Out-of-Home-'Care'', June 2011. Details
- O'Neill, Cate, 'The Pathways Website: A Digital History Response to "Forgotten Australians'', July 2010. Details
- O'Neill, Cate, 'Pathways to forgotten identities: the e-humanities and the 'Who Am I?' project', in Faculty of Arts eResearch Forum, 6 December 2010, University of Melbourne, 2010. Details
- Swain, Shurlee, 'We are the stories we tell about ourselves: History and the construction of identity amongst Australians who, as children, experienced out-of-home 'care'', April 2010, pp. 1-9. Details
- Swain, Shurlee, 'The Politics of Apology: An Australian Genealogy', June 2011. Details
Journal Articles
- Humphreys, Cathy and Kertesz, Margaret, 'Personal identity records to support young people in care', Adoption and Fostering, vol. 36, no. 1, 2012, pp. 27-39. Details
- Humphreys, Cathy and Kertesz, Margaret, 'Personal identity records to support young people in care (Italian Translation)', Lavoro Sociale, Lavoro Sociale, 2012. Details
- Humphreys, Cathy and Kertesz, Margaret, ''Putting the heart back into the record': personal records to support young people in care', Adoption and Fostering, vol. 36, no. 1, 2012, pp. 27-39. Details
- Humphreys, Cathy and Kertesz, Margaret, 'Making Records Meaningful: Creating an Identity Resource for Young People in Care', Australian Social Work, vol. 68, 2015, pp. 497-514. Details
- Kertesz, Margaret and Humphreys, Cathy, 'Reformulating Current Record Keeping Practices in out-of-home care: recognising the centrality of the archive', Archives & Manuscripts, vol. 40, 2012, pp. 42-53. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan and Evans, Joanne, 'Principles for archival information services in the public domain', Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 40, no. 1, 2012, pp. 54-67. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan; Swain, Shurlee and O'Neill, Cate, 'Archives, identity and survivors of out-of-home care [Editorial]', Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 40, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-3. Details
- O'Neill, Cate; Selakovic, V; and Tropea, Rachel, 'Access to records for people who were in out-of-home care: moving beyond 'third dimension' archival practice.', Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 40, no. 1, 2012, pp. 29-41. Details
- Sköld, J., Foberg, E., & Hedström, J., 'Conflicting or complementing narratives? Interviewees' stories compared to their documentary records in the Swedish Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and Neglect in Institutions and Foster Homes', Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 40, no. 1, 2012, pp. 15-28. Details
- Swain, Shurlee and Musgrove, Nell, ''We are the stories we tell about ourselves: child welfare records and the construction of identity among Australians who, as children, experienced out-of-home 'care'', Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 40, no. 1, 2012, pp. 4-14. Details
- Swain, Shurlee; Sheedy, L., and O'Neill, Cate, 'Responding to "Forgotten Australians": historians and the legacy of out-of-home "care"', Journal of Australian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, 2012, pp. 17-28. Details
Reports
- Campbell, Lynda, Workshop 2: Report - Supporting The Journey, June 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231954/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-SupportingTheJourney.pdf. Details
- Campbell, Lynda, Workshop 1: Preliminary Discussion Paper - Who Does the System Think I Am?, April 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232048/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-WhoDoesTheSystemThinkIAm.pdf. Details
- Campbell, Lynda, Workshop 1: Report - Fragmentation Or Coherence, April 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232035/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-FragmentationOrCoherence.pdf. Details
- Cowling, Lauren, Workshop 2: Preliminary Discussion Paper - Looking After Children: Issues for reflection and discussion, June 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232020/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-LookingAfterChildren.pdf. Details
- Cowling, Lauren, Workshop 2: Preliminary Discussion Paper - A Collaborative Life Story Archive, June 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232007/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-ACollaborativeLifeStoryArchive.pdf. Details
- Cowling, Lauren, Workshop 4: Preliminary Discussion Paper - Australian Policy Context surrounding children, young people and care leavers' personal records, October 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231919/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-AustralianPolicyContext.pdf. Details
- Downing, Melissa; Campbell, Lynda, and Kertesz, Margaret, Self-Assessment Tool for Archives Report . Who am I? Project - Archives Strand, eScholarship Research Centre, the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 2012, 24 pp. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20160331092348/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20Paper-Report%20on%20the%20Self%20Assessment%20Tool%20for%20Archives.pdf. Details
- Golding, Frank, Problems in Accessing Personal Records, talk given by Frank Golding to Workshop 1, April 2009, April 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232132/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-Record%20keeping%20to%20support%20identity%20-%20Golding.pdf. Details
- Golding, Frank, Record Keeping to Support Identity, talk given by Frank Golding to Workshop 4, October 2009, October 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232132/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-Record%20keeping%20to%20support%20identity%20-%20Golding.pdf. Details
- Humphreys, Cathy and Kertesz, Margaret, Response to DHS discussion paper on Integrated Care Management, February 2011. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232209/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20submission-Integrated%20Care%20Mgt.pdf. Details
- Humphreys, Cathy; Kertesz, Margaret; Musgrove, Nell; McCarthy, Gavan; Murray, Suellen; O'Neill, Cate; Swain, Shurlee, and Tropea, Rachel, Submission to the Inquiry on protecting Victoria's vulnerable Children, April 2011. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232157/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20submission%20to%20Inquiry%20on%20Protecting%20Victoria%27s%20Vulnerable%20Children%20April%202011.pdf. Details
- Kertesz, Margaret, Workshop 4 Report - The Next Steps Forward, October 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231907/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-TheNextStepsForward.pdf. Details
- Kertesz, Margaret, Workshop 3: Report - Cultural Competence, August 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231943/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-CulturalCompetence.pdf. Details
- Kertesz, Margaret, Workshop 4: Preliminary Discussion Paper - Issues For Learning And Development, October 2009. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231931/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-IssuesForLearningAndDevelopment.pdf. Details
- Kertesz, Margaret, 100+ points of identity - final report, March 2011. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231852/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-100%2B%20points%20of%20identity%20-%20final%20report.pdf. Details
- Kertesz, Margaret, A Backpack of identity - final report, January 2012. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231839/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-A%20Backpack%20of%20identity%20-%20report%20January%202012.pdf. Details
- McCarthy, Gavan and Tropea, Rachel, Core Principles underlying the Pathways website, eScholarship Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, August 2010. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231711/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-Core%20Principles%20underlying%20Pathways%20-%20Aug-2010.pdf. Details
- Murray, Suellen, Records Access Project - final report, November 2011. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224231743/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-Records%20Access%20Project%20final%20report%20Nov%202011.pdf. Details
- Murray, Suellen, Records Access Project - Report of the Survey of Record-holders and Support Services, October 2012. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232116/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20Paper%20-%20Records%20Access%20Project%20Survey%20of%20Record-holders%20and%20Support%20Services.pdf. Details
- O'Neill, Cate; Humphreys, Cathy; McCarthy, Gavan, and Swain, Shurlee, Submission to the Victorian Inquiry into the handling of child abuse by religious and other organisations, September 2012. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20170224232145/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/default/files/Who%20am%20I%20Submission-Vic%20inquiry%20on%20handling%20of%20child%20abuse%20Sep%202012.pdf. Details
- Small, Marilyn, Unfinished business: the Forgotten Australians, 2009. Details
- Tropea, Rachel; McCarthy, Gavan, and Elkner, Cate, Archiving Workshop Report by Archiving - Moving Forward as a Community, April 2010. Also available at https://web.archive.org/web/20140304055518/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/sites/www.cfecfw.asn.au/files/Who%20am%20I%20paper-Archiving%20Workshop%20Report%20by%20R.%20Tropea%2C%20G.%20McCarthy%2C%20C.%20Elkner.pdf. Details
Resources
- Who Am I Project Team, Pathways Victoria, eScholarship Research Centre, The University of Melbourne, Parkville Campus, 2010. Details
Online Resources
- Etherton, Judith, The role of archives in the perception of self, Journal of the Society of Archivists, vol. 27, October 2006, 227-246 pp, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00379810601101301. Details
- Goddard, Jim; Feast, Julia; Kirton, Derek, 'Memories, Childhood and Professional Power: Accessing the Care Files of Former
Children in Care', in Narrative and Memory: Selected papers from the sixth annual conference, Robinson, David; Kelly, Nancy; Milnes, Kate (eds), University of Huddersfield, 2007, http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/4563/2/Chapter_3_-_Jim_Goddard__Julia_Feast_and_Derek_Kirton.pdf. Details
- Humphreys, Cathy; McCarthy, Gavan; Downing, Melissa; Kertesz, Margaret and Tropea, Rachel, Who Am I? Improving the archiving of records in the out of home care sector, Australian Social Work, vol. 67, 2014, 509-524 pp. Details
- Kertesz, Margaret, Who Am I? Making records meaningful: Resources to guide record-keeping practices which support identity for children in out-of-home care, with The Who Am I? research project, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Inc., 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20140304055347/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/know/research-and-evaluation/sector-research-partnership/partnership-projects/out-home-care/who-am-i. Details
- Murray, Suellen and Humphreys, Cathy, 'My life's been a total disaster but I feel privileged': Care leavers' access to personal records and their implications for social work practice., Child & Family Social Work, vol. 19, 2014, 215-224 pp, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00895.x. Details
- Senate Community Affairs References Committee Secretariat, Parliament of Australia, Forgotten Australians: A report on Australians who experienced institutional or out-of-home care as children, Commonwealth of Australia, 2004, http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Community_Affairs/Completed_inquiries/2004-07/inst_care/report/index. Details
- Tropea, Rachel, 'Find & Connect Web Resource Project (2011 - )', in Find & Connect web resource, eScholarship Research Centre, the University of Melbourne, 2014, http://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/australia/biogs/FE00125b.htm. Details
- Who Am I? Project Team, 'Who Am I?', in Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare website, Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare Inc., 2012, https://web.archive.org/web/20140404201321/http://www.cfecfw.asn.au/know/research/sector-research-partnership/partnership-projects/out-home-care/who-am-I. Details
Photos
- Title
- Opening presentation by Vladimir Selakovic, Care Leavers of Australia Network (CLAN)
- Type
- Document
- Date
- 15 April 2010
Details
- Title
- Frank and Samantha talk about their experiences in locating and accessing their records
- Type
- Video
- Date
- 2012
- Source
- Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare
Details