archival

A place for storing various articles and research materials. In chronological order.

2007

Robinson, Katy, Relative Choices blog,The New York Times, November 2007.

2008

Norimitsu, Onishi, "For English Studies, Koreans Say Goodbye to Dad," The Boston Globe, June 8, 2008.: Hints at third culture kids, a change in Confucian culture and foreign exchange Korean students learning English in order to get ahead in Korean society.

2009

Hopgood, Mei-Ling, "Another Country, not my own", The Boston Globe, August 23, 2009.: Briefly chronicles shifts in adoption discourse from assimilation to "birth culture" and back again.

Joyce, Kathrine, "Shotgun Adoption", The Nation, August 26, 2009.: Good information on CPC's (Christian pregnancy centers), how child-birth is medicalized and individualized. CPC's coerce women into having babies for the sole purpose of adoption.

George, Justin, "Adoption experts worry economy is driving more birth mothers, or fakers, to scam," St. Petersburg Times, September 12, 2009.: A very money-oriented perspective on domestic adoption...