20 | The Filers and the Keepers

Yves and Clare are joined by Mark McKenna, historian and award-winning author whose latest book Return to Uluru (2021) tells the hidden history of a story at the heart of the nation.

Episode 5 of the Archive Fever podcast, hosted by Claire Wright and Yves Rees, titled "20 | The Filers and the Keepers" was published on November 26, 2021 and runs 44 minutes.

November 26, 2021 ·44m · Archive Fever

Summary

Yves and Clare are joined by Mark McKenna, historian and award-winning author whose latest book Return to Uluru (2021) tells the hidden history of a story at the heart of the nation. Does the contemporary white historian present themselves in the role of a savior figure? The group discusses the emotional and ethical difficulties of working with personal archives, the significance of a storyteller’s own identity, and the gendered nature of a colonial history that seeks to penetrate the center of a nation.

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