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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0559166
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Autobiography of a People: Aboriginal Writing in Queensland, 1890s-1930s. As the recent "history wars" confirm, Australians today care deeply about the colonial past, because its legacies are "all around us and within" (as Oodgeroo noted). This project advances knowledge and conceptual understanding in the key areas of colonial race relations, Indigenous self-representation, and Indigenous literacy. Aboriginal autobiography is an especially effective tool for stimulating the empathetic imagination, and bridging social, temporal and geographical distances between people. This research will strengthen the nation's social fabric by promoting inter-racial understanding, and by adding historical depth to present thinking about contemporary Aboriginal attitudes to literacy.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2005
End Date: 09-2008
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $121,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Cultural Studies | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies | Aboriginal Cultural Studies
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
