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Hearing the Past in the Present – online exhibitions, oral histories, radio/podcasts and theatre

  • June 16, 2018
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Following on from our last post, here’s a list of podcasts, interviews & exhibitions focused on Australia’s history of out-of-home care.
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Watching the Past in the Present – films, tv & documentaries

  • June 15, 2018
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Up late? Here’s a list of stories & memories of Forgotten Australians, Former Child Migrants, & members of the Stolen Generations represented in film.
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National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Canada

  • June 14, 2018
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The NCTR was first conceived as part of the Indian Residential Schools Agreement 2007. This Agreement created both the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), and, to ensure this history was not forgotten once the TRC finished, the NCTR as a permanent place to house the materials from the TRC and be a place for ongoing truth and reconciliation work
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“Somebody’s Child” – Dublin memorial to children in “care”

  • June 13, 2018
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In the middle of Dublin’s biggest tourist district, “Somebody’s Child” is somewhere between a memorial and a public art piece. It contains the names and birthdates of children who died in “care” in Ireland. Guest post by David McGinniss
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Trauma Informed Practice

  • June 12, 2018
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Archivists and radical empathy. What happens when the Care Leaver is at the centre of records access.
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Industrial Memories, Ireland

  • June 11, 2018
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Accessing the information in the Ryan Report, Ireland’s Commission into child abuse
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A week in #BlogJune

  • June 10, 2018
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With another 20 posts to come, here’s a look at where we’ve been and where we’re going with #blogJune
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Governance, memory, and heritage

  • June 9, 2018
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Good recordkeeping and access regimes help hold governments and organisations to account, improve transparency and accountability, and enable justice.
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Archives are not Neutral

  • June 8, 2018
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Creating neutral archives is an impossible task, given our cultural influences and the way those influences, structures and beliefs change over time
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Better looking, better searching – site updates

  • June 7, 2018
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Part of our 2018 site improvements is keeping our images looking good and on their best behaviour. Here are some of the changes we’re making
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