New Histories: Creating Video Work to Fill Adoption Absences

Christine Rogers

doi:10.26686/jnzs.v0iNS29.6263

New Histories: Creating Video Work to Fill Adoption Absences

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Abstract

Adopted at birth and brought up Pakeha, I discovered as an adult that I have Ngai Tahu tupuna (ancestors). Adoptees seek birth kin and stories to try to fill the gaps and absences that haunt us, so I undertook my roots journey, travelling three times to Riverton/Aparima, where my ancestors had lived, taking my video camera. In this article I describe how initially I did not find the belonging I was looking for, but through my creative practice of filmmaking, and the three short videos I made, I did connect to place, and began making a new history for myself.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-88
Journal	Journal of New Zealand Studies
Issue number	NS29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.26686/jnzs.v0iNS29.6263
Publication status	Published - 18 Dec 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

adoption
Maori
creative practice research
filmmaking
belonging
identity

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New Histories: Creating Video Work to Fill Adoption Absences

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