Explore how transgenerational trauma affects descendants, highlighting the need for recognition and healing in communities.

“Black Friday” May 19, 1780. Detail from Pictorial Quilt (1895-1898) by Harriet Powers (1837-1910) Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Public Domain Imagine yourself at a family reunion. Aunt Sadie ...

Have you ever wondered why your family functions the way it does? Or why certain behaviors are accepted while others are frowned upon? Perhaps there’s a double standard, where some actions are allowed ...

As war continues to rage in Gaza and Ukraine, there is concern about how the related trauma might be transmitted to future generations of people in those regions. More generally, interest in the idea ...

Tara-Lyn Camilleri receives funding from from Australian Graduate Women, a not-for-profit organisation that advocates for education and supports women in postgraduate education with scholarships. Her ...

Trauma surrounds us. Perhaps you recall the abduction in April 2014 of 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria. Or Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children. Or the ...