Elkner, Cate
Position: Research Fellow
Phone: +61 3 9035 8508
Email: cjelkner@unimelb.edu.au
A graduate of the School of Historical Studies, Dr Cate Elkner has been working at the University of Melbourne since 2006 on a number of research projects in the broad areas of digital history and archival theory.
In January 2009, she commenced a three-year research fellowship (part-time 0.5) working on the Who Am I project at the Alfred Felton Research Program, funded by an ARC Linkage Grant. The Who Am I project responds to the recommendations of the Forgotten Australians and its predecessor Reports about the need to improve recordkeeping and archiving practice in the health and welfare sector.
Cate will be working on the historical strand of this interdisciplinary project, and the research will be used to develop a digital archive designed to help care leavers access historical resources relating to institutional 'care' in Victoria. The project will be investigating connections between records, history, memory and the construction of identity.
Her interest in this area began during her time when she worked for Public Record Office Victoria (PROV). Cate worked in PROV's Koorie Records Unit to produce the report, ‘Wilam Naling ... Knowing who you are: Improving access to Records of the Stolen Generations' (2006).
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