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Lorina Barker Lorina Barker i(A35301 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Muruwari / Murrawarri
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1 An Ode To My Grandmother : Remaking the Past Using Oral Histories, Theatre and Music Lorina Barker , Julie Collins , Paul Smith , 2022 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 22 August 2022;

'Amy Elwood, a Wangkumara/Adnyamathanha Elder and cultural repository of knowledge and grandmother to one of us (Lorina Barker), has inspired an array of creative works about her experience of removal from Country.' (Introduction)
1 Matrilineal Narratives : Learning from Voices and Objects Adele Nye , Lorina Barker , Jennifer Charteris , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Hecate , vol. 41 no. 1-2 2015; (p. 180-190) The matrilineal line is a precious connection although it is sometimes disrupted and marked by absence. In this paper we explore notions of generational connections and loss among women in our families. Three women scholars from a regional university, we are interested in the agency of objects, as discussed by Eva Domanska in 2005, and their role in feminist research. In particular we consider the entanglements between matrilineal voice and objects that produce possibilities for care and nurturing across generations. Through our conversations, we discovered that our grandmothers' and great-grandmothers' stories shared threads of similarity. We tell these stories through the collective biography of poems and prose leveraged from significant objects that highlight the "generational nurturing," researched by Nye. We disclose our attempts to reconstruct and reconnect with the women of our matrilineal lines across decades. We embed new layers in our retelling of old stories to our daughters and nieces.' (Publication abstract)
1 Using Poetry to Capture the Aboriginal Voice in Oral History Transcripts Lorina Barker , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Passionate Histories: Myths, Memory and Indigenous Australia 2010; (p. 185-202) 'Here I focus on the challenges involved in converting the layered richness, sounds, silences and interactions of the memories recorded through an oral history interview into text. At one level, it is about transcription and editing; at another level, it is about capturing and conveying individuals’ memories and stories and the ways in which those shared experiences – including my part in the sharing – become a powerful means to present Indigenous histories in ways that resonate with, and are accessible to, the owners of those histories. (p.186)'
1 Chasing Gum by the River Lorina Barker , 2008 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Island , Autumn no. 112 2008; (p. 40-42)
1 Beauty Black i "You point and stare, you laugh and joke", Lorina Barker , 2001 single work poetry
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 3 October no. 261 2001; (p. 8)
1 Whispering Winds i "A world so cruel, broken hearts did create", Lorina Barker , 2000 single work poetry
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 14 June no. 228 2000; (p. 6) Koori Mail , 26 July no. 231 2000; (p. 6)
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