The Australian orphanage museum
Heritage and Activism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5700527 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacqueline Z Wilson (0000-0002-8529-3468, The University of Melbourne, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1291-1303 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527258.2024.2379037 |
| OpenAlex | W4400614240 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 15 |
Hundreds of thousands of Australians live with the dire aftermath of having been institutionalised as children in the national ‘Care’ network of orphanages and children’s homes. In 2023 the Australian Orphanage Museum (AOM) was opened, both to memorialise the experiences of children whose early lives were blighted by out-of-home Care (OOHC), and to facilitate activism aimed at gaining justice for those now-adult Care-leavers. The article in part utilises the author’s lived experience as a Care-leaver activist to summarise the rise of Care-leaver activism, placing it in a heritage context as it applies to the institutions themselves. It examines the role of the AOM in collecting and displaying apparently mundane objects that have profound meaning for individual stakeholders, and in preserving archival material documenting the early activist groups. Various forms of past and contemporary Care-leaver activism are discussed, and examples of successful and less successful campaigns are examined. The AOM is shown to perform a vital role in providing affirmation for Care-leavers, advocating on their behalf to the wider community, and working in conjunction with other activist groups and projects to aid researchers in the field
Archaeology · Economic Justice · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Uses of Heritage
The Interpretation of Cultures
In small things forgotten
Posterity has arrived
Silent System
Latent scrutiny
Insider Research’ in the Study of Youth Cultures
Delinquent Girls as Activists
Is There a Place for Anthropology in Social Science History
Being" Native versus "Going Native
Reflective debate, radical transparency and trust in the museum
The tacit semantics of 'Loud Fences
Asylums
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |