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040			_aAFVC
100			_aMcDonald, Dave _912772
245			_aThe work of acknowledgment : _b'Loud fence’ as community-level response to institutional child sexual abuse testimony _cDave McDonald
260			_bSage, _c2024
500			_aSocial & Legal Studies, 2024, 33(2):213-235
520			_aSince 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
650			_aADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE _946
650			_aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE _9121
650			_aCOMMUNITY ACTION _9144
650			_aRoyal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse _912773
650		0	_aINSTITUTIONAL ABUSE _98209
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
651			_aVICTORIA _93045
773	0		_tSocial & Legal Studies, 2024, 33(2):213-235
830			_aSocial & Legal Studies _94799
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/09646639231171679 _zDOI: 10.1177/09646639231171679 (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews126