This article introduces a special issue on “family, memory, and identity.” Beginning with a
survey of previous research in this area, especially exploring family as a site for collective …

Digital history started to flourish in Australia and New Zealand in the 2000s and early 2010s.
But some of this momentum has since been lost due to ageing technologies, a lack of …

The digital age is characterised by unprecedented access to technologies to understand our
bodies, genetics and family histories. The last decade has seen a growing uptake of direct-to …

Tourism scholars have yet to consider ancestral tourism as a stepping-stone in genealogical
identity formation. Amateur genealogists use information available to them about their …

This article highlights the significance of family history research for memory studies. It
provides an overview of the economic and cultural impact of this popular practice as well as …

A rapidly rising number of people are engaging in family genealogical research and have
purchased home-based DNA testing kits due to increased access to online resources and …

Heritage tourism scholars have used notions of performativity and affect to study the ways
tourists actively construct and assign meaning to their experience of heritage. However …

Recent studies of the genealogy craze focus on how family historians appeal to ancestors to
fashion their own identities, but practicing family history can also be a form of national …

Queensland became an independent state in 1859, separating from New South Wales.
Almost immediately, an ambitious plan on migration was embarked upon in order to attract …

Intergenerational emotions highlight the feelings that we have for our ancestors and
descendants, drawing attention to a lineage of feeling and its temporalities. This article …