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Thursday, 12 May 2022 from 12:30 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time) + Add to calendar12/05/2022 12:3012/05/2022 12:30Australia/Sydney2022 NLA Fellowship Presentation: 'The Children Shall Carry It On!' Painting, Writing and Performing Humanitarianism, 1920s-1980's2022 NLA Fellowship Presentation: 'The Children Shall Carry It On!' Painting, Writing and Performing Humanitarianism, 1920s-1980's
Thursday, 12 May 2022 from 12:30 PM (AUS Eastern Standard Time)
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Projects of global peace, development and humanitarian assistance have long relied on children’s participation. Yet what exactly do children contribute to these projects? By focussing on child-authored materials, this talk highlights the tokenistic and symbolic ways humanitarian organisations use these materials, while also seeking to tell alternative stories that attend the creativity, emotion and power of children’s contributions. Looking at children’s involvement in a range of organisations from the League of Nations Union, to the Australian Freedom for Hunger Campaign, this project observes both the incredible global mobility of child-authored materials, alongside the limitations and adult-biases of archival practices.
Parkes Place West Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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National Library of Australia
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