TY  - SER
AU  - McDonald, Dave
TI  - The work of acknowledgment : : 'Loud fence’ as community-level response to institutional child sexual abuse testimony
PY  - 2024///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - COMMUNITY ACTION
KW  - Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
KW  - INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - VICTORIA
N1  - Social & Legal Studies, 2024, 33(2):213-235
N2  - Since the 1980s, the global dimensions of institutional child sexual abuse have become increasingly apparent. In some countries this has had a profound impact locally. In Australia, one such place has been the storied town of Ballarat. Throughout Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Ballarat became a significant focus of the Inquiry. As local abuse became clearer, colourful ribbons began appearing at sites throughout the town. This article investigates the meaning of such a response, and its role in relation to survivor testimony. Transforming into a movement that persists to this day, the effect is to reconsolidate a community's ‘difficult heritage’ of institutional abuse into a more celebrated story of rebellion and protest. The originality of the article stems from the contribution it makes to understanding community-level responses to institutional abuse, and the role of ritual in the formation of collective memory. (Author's abstract). Record #8593
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/09646639231171679
ER  -