Abstract
Intercountry adoption (ICA) emerged in Australia as an institutional practice in the 1970s and since that time has been the focus of controversy with diverse and sometimes opposing viewpoints that seek dominance in the public arena. Yet there is little Australian research that helps understand these controversial power struggles in ICA or how to resolve them. This chapter presents some findings from a larger work that addresses gaps in knowledge regarding the broader political, social and economic context in which ICA occurs (Fronek 2009). The approach taken explores South Korea ICA to Australia, specifically Queensland, using an Actor Network Theory framework (Callon 1986; Latour 1987) to guide analysis. I propose that ICA is not a passive or naturally occurring event, rather one that exists as the result of the purposeful actions of particular networks connected across the globe.
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