Public Intimacy: A Biography of Anne Deveson

本项目旨在调查澳大利亚记者安妮·德韦森（1930 - 2016）的生活，利用基于历史研究的传记方法。这本书试图理解Deveson的作品是如何利用她的经历，帮助改变公众对当时被视为“私人”问题的态度的，包括虐待儿童和精神疾病。预期的成果包括德韦森的第一部传记，以及关于她的倡导如何改变了20世纪后期澳大利亚公众对许多社会问题的态度的新知识。该项目将通过提供关于公益新闻如何对公共健康和社会凝聚力产生积极影响的历史案例研究，使澳大利亚社会受益。

This project aims to investigate the life of Australian journalist Anne Deveson (1930 – 2016), utilizing a biographical approach based on historical research. It seeks to understand the ways that Deveson’s work, often drawing on her experiences, helped to change public attitudes towards issues then regarded as ‘private’, including child abuse and mental illness. Expected outcomes include the first biography of Deveson and new knowledge about the ways her advocacy changed public attitudes towards many social problems in late twentieth century Australia. The project will benefit the Australian community by providing an historical case study of the ways that public interest journalism can positively impact on public health and social cohesion.