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MIRRA
By Elizabeth J Lomas, on 8 March 2018
This AHRC-funded research project seeks to explore the information rights ecology in the public and voluntary sectors in order to ensure that citizens are able to exercise their information access rights and assure their data privacy, and that public authorities understand their rights and obligations. We will take a participatory approach to the research, which will focus on the creation and management of care records and data, held by different kinds of voluntary and public authorities, specifically records relating to children’s services.
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Jacqueline wilson wrote on 17 June 2018:
What a terrific project. As a care leaver and an academic it is heartening to see projects like this — especially as care leavers are involved and not just as objects of research. Australian academics have been slow to have care leavers as equal research partners, and there is till a reluctance to do this. Although there are some very worthwhile projects that do work with the Care Leavers and the peak Australian care leaver advocacy group CLAN. The Australian “Rights in Records by Design” ARC funded project lead by Associate Professor Joanne Evans has a care leavers as CI on the project (me) and also involves care leavers as co-designers for much of the research etc (Frank Golding and others).
Historian Nell Musgrove is finishing an ARC funded history of foster care with CI and care leaver Dr Deidre Michelle.When I was doing my PhD at Monash University 16 years ago, I was told to never mention that I was a state ward and that “it’s got nothing to do with writing history”. How things have changed, and for the better. It has everything to do with re-writing history and giving care leavers agency – not just a voice and not just as objects of study.
If people are interested in this topic then you might like to read the following article about the importance of care leavers as co-researchers: 2018, Wilson, Jacqueline Z., Philip Mendes and Frank Golding, “Hope Street From Voice to Agency for Care Leavers in Higher Education”, Life Writing, Taylor and Francis (available on line and awaiting volume)
Associate Professor Jacqueline Wilson
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Victoria Hoyle wrote on 18 June 2018:
Thank you for such an encouraging comment. I will certainly follow up the article reference. We have been very inspired by the debate around rights in records in Australia and the recognition of care leavers’ agency, and it has helped to shape our approach.
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Jacqueline wilson wrote on 17 June 2018:
What a terrific project. As a care leaver and an academic it is heartening to see projects like this — especially as care leavers are involved, and not just as objects of research. Australian academics have been slow to have care leavers as equal research partners, and there is till a reluctance to do this. Although there are some very worthwhile projects that do work with the care leavers and the peak Australian care leaver advocacy group CLAN. The Australian “Rights in Records by Design” ARC funded project lead by Associate Professor Joanne Evans has a care leaver as CI on the project (me) and also involves care leavers as co-designers for much of the research etc (Frank Golding and others).
Historian Nell Musgrove is finishing an ARC funded history of foster care with CI and care leaver Dr Deidre Michelle.When I was doing my PhD at Monash University 16 years ago, I was told to never mention that I was a state ward and that “it’s got nothing to do with writing history”. How things have changed, and for the better. It has everything to do with re-writing history and giving care leavers agency – not just a voice and not just as objects of study.
If people are interested in this topic then you might like to read the following article about the importance of care leavers as co-researchers:
2018, Wilson, Jacqueline Z., Philip Mendes and Frank Golding, “Hope Street From Voice to Agency for Care Leavers in Higher Education”, Life Writing, Taylor and Francis (available on line and awaiting volume)Associate Professor Jacqueline Wilson
Federation University Australia
This AHRC-funded research project seeks to explore the information rights ecology in the public and voluntary sectors in order to ensure that citizens are able to exercise their information access rights and assure their data privacy, and that public authorities understand their rights and obligations. We will take a participatory approach to the research, which will focus on the creation and management of care records and data, held by different kinds of voluntary and public authorities, specifically records relating to children’s services.