Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI110100005
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$376,221.00
Summary
Land, children and politics: Native America and Aboriginal Australia 1900 - 1930. This significant study will explore the comparative social experiences of oppression that Native American and Aboriginal Australia endured during the early decades of the twentieth century. The project offers new ways to enhance Indigenous history and move forward for the benefit of the national and global community.
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0347284
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$80,000.00
Summary
The Aboriginal Fight for Liberty and Freedom - The hidden history of African-American influence on the 1920s rise of Aboriginal political activism. This project will explore the significant African-American influences on the rise of the 1920s Aboriginal political movement. Previously undisclosed material revealed over the past two years has necessitated a re-evaluation of early Australian Aboriginal political history. Why was the history of the rise of early Aboriginal political activism missing ....The Aboriginal Fight for Liberty and Freedom - The hidden history of African-American influence on the 1920s rise of Aboriginal political activism. This project will explore the significant African-American influences on the rise of the 1920s Aboriginal political movement. Previously undisclosed material revealed over the past two years has necessitated a re-evaluation of early Australian Aboriginal political history. Why was the history of the rise of early Aboriginal political activism missing for some five decades? Why were significant relationships with high profile African-American identities obscured and erased from memories? The research outcomes from this archival study will make a contribution to the contemporary issues surrounding reconciliation and the current volatile historical debate over Aboriginal history. This project holds significant international racial historical importance.
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Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0775828
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$12,373.00
Summary
A study of Buddhism and Chinese Buddhist Monks in modernising China. This project will analyse the relationship between religion and modernisation in China. There is a tendency for modernising states to abandon or marginalise traditional religions but paradoxically, while religious practice has undergone transformation and reform in China, Buddhism has not only survived but flourished over the last two decades. This project will investigate these changes and will assist in broadening the fields ....A study of Buddhism and Chinese Buddhist Monks in modernising China. This project will analyse the relationship between religion and modernisation in China. There is a tendency for modernising states to abandon or marginalise traditional religions but paradoxically, while religious practice has undergone transformation and reform in China, Buddhism has not only survived but flourished over the last two decades. This project will investigate these changes and will assist in broadening the fields of expertise in the vibrant and growing field of Buddhist studies within Australia, a development that will undoubtedly help to forge closer links in the region, both in academic forums and more broadly with informal people-to-people contact.Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI110100042
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$115,163.00
Summary
The passion, power, and politics of Aboriginal Art: established artists and emerging NSW women artists' perceptions and representational bias in collections. This project will conduct an in-depth analysis of the perspectives of established artists and emerging NSW Aboriginal women artists about the passion, power and politics of Aboriginal art and test the extent of collection bias of NSW artists' works. This will make a major contribution to understandings of Aboriginal women's perspectives and ....The passion, power, and politics of Aboriginal Art: established artists and emerging NSW women artists' perceptions and representational bias in collections. This project will conduct an in-depth analysis of the perspectives of established artists and emerging NSW Aboriginal women artists about the passion, power and politics of Aboriginal art and test the extent of collection bias of NSW artists' works. This will make a major contribution to understandings of Aboriginal women's perspectives and contributions.
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Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0775798
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$55,000.00
Summary
A Documentation and Multi-Method Critical Analysis of Ngarabal and Biripi Elders' Perspectives and Experiences of Australian History. The proposed research will add a fresh historical study by an Indigenous researcher to the literature by undertaking a multi-method critical analysis of Ngarabal and Biripi Elders' perspectives and experiences of Australian history. There are not many Elders left in my family and I believe that it is important for their stories to be told to the wider community an ....A Documentation and Multi-Method Critical Analysis of Ngarabal and Biripi Elders' Perspectives and Experiences of Australian History. The proposed research will add a fresh historical study by an Indigenous researcher to the literature by undertaking a multi-method critical analysis of Ngarabal and Biripi Elders' perspectives and experiences of Australian history. There are not many Elders left in my family and I believe that it is important for their stories to be told to the wider community and also as a record for the younger generation of my family to have as a tribute to our people. The significantly different life that Indigenous people have lived will contribute to an interesting and engaging public history. Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI100100145
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$155,000.00
Summary
Through travellers' eyes: Foreign observations of Aboriginal people and British colonisation, 1800-1850. This project will enhance our historical understanding of a crucial stage in the colonisation of Aboriginal people. It will uncover a new corpus of historical sources which has not been subject to sustained study, and bring to light instances of nineteenth-century Aboriginal agency. Most importantly, it will highlight nineteenth-century discourses on the colonial treatment of indigenous peopl ....Through travellers' eyes: Foreign observations of Aboriginal people and British colonisation, 1800-1850. This project will enhance our historical understanding of a crucial stage in the colonisation of Aboriginal people. It will uncover a new corpus of historical sources which has not been subject to sustained study, and bring to light instances of nineteenth-century Aboriginal agency. Most importantly, it will highlight nineteenth-century discourses on the colonial treatment of indigenous people, and therefore enable a deeper knowledge of Indigenous Australian history to inform public debates on matters of policy, identity, and culture.
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Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0560958
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$166,743.00
Summary
Spiritual Journeying and Cross- culturalism: The Art of Tim Johnson. This project will benefit the Australian community through new research on Tim Johnson , one of Australia's outstanding contemporary artists. Its exploration of the spiritual nature and the cross-cultural aspects of his work, especially in relation to Aboriginal Art, will provide a strong basis for further comparative research on the history of the relationship between art and spirituality in contemporary Australian art. The r ....Spiritual Journeying and Cross- culturalism: The Art of Tim Johnson. This project will benefit the Australian community through new research on Tim Johnson , one of Australia's outstanding contemporary artists. Its exploration of the spiritual nature and the cross-cultural aspects of his work, especially in relation to Aboriginal Art, will provide a strong basis for further comparative research on the history of the relationship between art and spirituality in contemporary Australian art. The resulting book and possible exhibition on this artist will make the fruits of this research widely known in the community.Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0347845
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$10,000.00
Summary
Cultural continuity and change at Shark Bay, Western Australia: an anthopological and historical study of the Malagana Aboriginal people. This project considers issues of cultural change, continuity and identity as they arise from the historical foundations of Shark Bay's present day community in Western Australia. It examines the ways in which Indigenous customary practices continue among the Malgana people, and how connection to sea and country remains an important facet of life. Drawing upon ....Cultural continuity and change at Shark Bay, Western Australia: an anthopological and historical study of the Malagana Aboriginal people. This project considers issues of cultural change, continuity and identity as they arise from the historical foundations of Shark Bay's present day community in Western Australia. It examines the ways in which Indigenous customary practices continue among the Malgana people, and how connection to sea and country remains an important facet of life. Drawing upon archaeological, historical and ethnographic materials, this project will produce an original account of changing patterns of identification with Aboriginal cultural heritage in an Indigenous community. The study will encompass relations between Malgana people and others who have historically come to live in the area.Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0668361
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$20,000.00
Summary
Reading as a cultural and historical practice. A better understanding and use of reading as an academic tool for Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and educators will be a result of the research. It will provide a new understanding of how reading skills can be used by Indigenous students to comprehend academic information and how academics can approach reading without excluding Indigenous knowledges.
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0882568
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$200,000.00
Summary
Internecine conflict and violence in NSW Aboriginal communities: an historicised assessment of governance and social control. Analysis of the context of conflict and violence in NSW Aboriginal communities through ethnohistoriographical techniques and Indigenous knowledge methodologies, including Aboriginal focus groups, will engage and empower Aboriginal people in innovative approaches to restoring social order. Research outcomes, specific to localities in NSW, have benefits for dealing with con ....Internecine conflict and violence in NSW Aboriginal communities: an historicised assessment of governance and social control. Analysis of the context of conflict and violence in NSW Aboriginal communities through ethnohistoriographical techniques and Indigenous knowledge methodologies, including Aboriginal focus groups, will engage and empower Aboriginal people in innovative approaches to restoring social order. Research outcomes, specific to localities in NSW, have benefits for dealing with conflict and violence in Indigenous communities in Australia and internationally. Research outcomes will clarify the sources of conflict, ensure conflict resolution and ongoing civil societies, enhance the cultural viability of communities, and inform public developments with appropriate governance models, enhancing Indigenous wellbeing.Read moreRead less