‘Taking back our stories’: Talking about Indigenous Women’s Family History Research

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2025 ANU GENDER INSTITUTE SIGNATURE EVENT

The panel explores opportunities and barriers for Indigenous women to ‘take back’ their stories, and seeks to foster ongoing conversations, and spark new discussions, about Indigenous women’s family history research.

The Research Centre for Deep History’s Indigenous Family History Research Residency has been developed to create ways to overcome some of the barriers to such research. These include limited time, limited archival access exacerbated by geographic distance, and limits caused by the complexity of institutional catalogues, processes and protocols.

This discussion will be led by Aunty Dr Judi Wickes and Dr Kath Apma Penangke Travis, with contributions from program convenor Dr Beth Marsden, collaborator Professor Kat Ellinghaus and participants in the RCHD’s Indigenous Family History Research Residency. It will consider issues of archival access; barriers to Indigenous family history; the limits of academic history practices and the importance of programming to support Indigenous family history for individuals, families, communities and nation-building. It will ask how or if it is possible to reframe history/her-story. The forum will highlight the importance of building connections, sharing knowledge, and talking about family history in programs aiming to support Indigenous women’s research journeys.

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This event will be followed by light refreshments in the RSSS Foyer. Attendance is free but registration is essential.