Cirrus@Austlit

'There is very little scholarly research on the effects of their parents’ overseas work on the children of missionaries. These children may spend many years living in challenging cross cultural settings, and most move home frequently (Pollock & Van Reken 2009). Some have multiple separations from parents, siblings and extended family, while a number are caught up in violent civil wars or experience other trauma such as regular exposure to the effects of extreme poverty. ‘Home’ can be a slippery construct. This creative piece, part of a life-writing research project, examines how memories are constructed and maintained and the ways in which memory-triggers, in particular photographs and landscapes, can contribute to self-understanding.'

Source: Abstract.