This workshop is linked to the workshop in Round 3: Implications for Adoptees: The Orphan Industrial Complex.
In these linked workshops, I will present the concept of the Orphan Industrial Complex, the global commodification of orphanhood and adoption. In the first workshop (round 1), we will discuss the challenges that the OIC poses for achieving transformative justice. In the second workshop (round 3), we will focus on the ways in which the OIC impacts adoptees—particularly in terms of identity building, origins searching, and reculturation. Finally, we will consider ways to work toward change in social systems that uphold the most oppressive elements of the OIC.
