ADOPTOLOGY - Adoption Deconstructed

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Empowering adopted people through knowledge.

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About Dr Barbara Sumner

I am an adoption educator working at the intersection of doctoral scholarship and lived experience. I examine the hidden architecture, cultural fictions and political machinery that shape adoption and identity.

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