The Ties That Bind

Gloyn, Liz; Crewe, Vicky; King, Laura A.; Woodham, Anna

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“…The project as a whole was formed of two distinct phases. The first phase used three multi-period historical case studies to consider the definition, function, ownership and context of a "family archive" from the Roman period to the twentieth century (see Gloyn et al 2018). The second phase, presented here, consisted of a series of focus groups held in the UK in 2015 to explore how families in contemporary society conceptualize the same four themes: the definition, function, ownership and context of the possessions they have amassed.…”

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We Are What We Keep: The “Family Archive”, Identity and Public/Private Heritage

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What do our possessions say about us? More specifically what do they say about our past, present and our future? Many families possess a "family archive"; documents, photographs, heirlooms, scrapbooks, recipes and a whole range of other items that "reveal insights" into past generations, and preserve family stories. They may never have thought of these assemblages as "archives", but by retaining and preserving possessions these items mold a sense of family identity either consciously or unconsciously. This article explores the initial findings of a series of focus groups conducted in the UK, which considers the "family archive" as an important and undervalued site of meaning and identity construction. The article also highlights the relationship between the "official" or publicly recognized heritage and "unofficial" or everyday/private heritage, locating the "family archive" across these domains. We argue for greater recognition and promotion of this "behind the scenes" heritage and for museums and archives to explore the potential opportunities that the engagement with the "family archive" offers for wider audience engagement. ARTICLE HISTORY

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We Are What We Keep: The “Family Archive”, Identity and Public/Private Heritage

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“…These vignettes are partial and fuzzy. The research conducted in order to recall and repackage in a retelling what I now recognise as an adult as critical moments involved the use of photography and talking with my mum-using a photo-elicitation technique (Pickering and Keightley 2007;Gloyn et al 2018). It also involved creative writing-I had to make fiction out of the partial facts-that are recollections-in order to render them communicable (Leavy 2012;Williamson and Wright 2018).…”

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First Generation Feminist? Auto-Ethnographic Reflections on Politicisation and Finding a Home within Feminism

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In spite of the apparent rise in feminism, who gets to know about feminism is still fraughtand impartial. How then, do we come to find ‘a home’ in and for feminism when it has been absentfrom our formative politicisation? How comfortable is that home for working-class academics? Inthis paper, I reflect on my feminist genealogy—from growing up as a working-class girl in a smallScottish town in an area of deprivation to becoming a first generation feminist academic in a RussellGroup University in the UK. This paper builds on the wealth of research exploring the trajectoriesof working-class women within academia by engaging genealogy research to explore how onedevelops as a feminist within academia—which can also be a strange place for first generationacademics. As an undergraduate coming of age in the ‘post-feminist’ 1990s, access to the languageand politics of feminism was beyond my grasp. I came to feminism relatively late in my life andacademic career—it was in my doctoral research that I really became engaged academically and asa named political identity. I employ auto-ethnography in this paper and reflect on how our intimateothers are always implicated in our own stories. This allows me to highlight how inheritedexperiences, memories, and embodiments are key. Intergenerational learning can make us implicitlyfeminist before we learn the formal language of feminism. The stories I choose to tell and ‘memories’I invoke here are re-crafted and recalled in response to what frustrates me now. That young womenare still telling the same stories that I tell here.

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“…As mostly independent individuals, emerging adults can choose to engage in relationships with their grandparents; the ability to choose their level of engagement is significant because it marks a shift from previous stages when the relationship was largely dictated by their parents. Emerging adults may also see their grandparents as connections to familial roots, and thus an intergenerational identity (Bengtson & Roberts, 1991; Duflos & Giraudeau, 2021; Gloyn et al, 2018; Kennedy, 1990).…”

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From Supportive to Strained: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Emerging Adults’ Characterizations of Past and Present Grandparent-Grandchild Roles and Relationships

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Though many emerging adults now have the opportunity to engage meaningfully with their grandparents, few studies have examined emerging adults’ perceptions of grandparent relationships and the roles taken on by grandparents and grandchildren. Informed by theories of psychosocial development, intergenerational solidarity, and sociocultural learning, this mixed methods study draws on closed- and open-ended survey items to explore emerging adults’ ( N=52) characterizations of their relationships with grandparents in the United States. Results highlight the roles assumed by grandparents and emerging adult grandchildren often mirror each other, taking on instrumental, relational, and guiding qualities. The relationship itself was often described as a bond that is simultaneously punctuated by obstacles limiting close connections (e.g., geographic distance, challenging family dynamics). These findings suggest grandparent-grandchild relationships, both past and present, hold salience for emerging adults; researchers and practitioners should consider broader family systems when considering grandparent-grandchild relationships and their impact on individual development.

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The Ties That Bind

Cited by 18 publications

References 20 publications

We Are What We Keep: The “Family Archive”, Identity and Public/Private Heritage

We Are What We Keep: The “Family Archive”, Identity and Public/Private Heritage

First Generation Feminist? Auto-Ethnographic Reflections on Politicisation and Finding a Home within Feminism

From Supportive to Strained: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Emerging Adults’ Characterizations of Past and Present Grandparent-Grandchild Roles and Relationships

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