Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0775813
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$70,000.00
Summary
Bringing indigenous knowledge into early childhood settings. This project will produce a negotiated model of Indigenous teaching and learning in early childhood settings by documenting the diversity of Indigenous knowledge from the Northern Territory. This model will be suitable for sharing with Indigenous and non-Indigenous children within the early childhood sector. Through this sharing there can be a greater recognition and acceptance of the knowledge Indigenous children bring to early chil ....Bringing indigenous knowledge into early childhood settings. This project will produce a negotiated model of Indigenous teaching and learning in early childhood settings by documenting the diversity of Indigenous knowledge from the Northern Territory. This model will be suitable for sharing with Indigenous and non-Indigenous children within the early childhood sector. Through this sharing there can be a greater recognition and acceptance of the knowledge Indigenous children bring to early childhood programs, a facilitation of understanding in non-Indigenous children and assist in the maintenance of this knowledge for future generations. Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0989056
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$30,000.00
Summary
Adoption and Effective Use of Information Communication Technologies in Indigenous Communities in Australia. This project on Indigenous use of the internet aims to identify the reasons why Indigenous Australians are 69% less likely to access the Internet than their non-Indigenous counterparts as demonstrated in the last census. This research will assist in innovative policy development including the creation of a culturally-sensitive model to assist Indigenous communities to raise their use of c ....Adoption and Effective Use of Information Communication Technologies in Indigenous Communities in Australia. This project on Indigenous use of the internet aims to identify the reasons why Indigenous Australians are 69% less likely to access the Internet than their non-Indigenous counterparts as demonstrated in the last census. This research will assist in innovative policy development including the creation of a culturally-sensitive model to assist Indigenous communities to raise their use of computers and the internet. Ultimately the aim of the research is to provide mechanisms to engage Indigenous people with current technology to advance health, education and housing outcomes in their communities. Read moreRead less
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: DI0668285
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$48,570.00
Summary
Testing Ground: Investigating Indigenous Knowledge Programs and Indigenous Research Methodologies in Higher Education. This project will contribute to Australian social cohesion through the non-divisive Indigenous Knowledge approach to the teaching of Indigenous issues. Indigenous Knowledge Research is a new methodological development that will afford research in many cross-cultural contexts including those where literacy and numeracy skills are low. This research methodology has national and co ....Testing Ground: Investigating Indigenous Knowledge Programs and Indigenous Research Methodologies in Higher Education. This project will contribute to Australian social cohesion through the non-divisive Indigenous Knowledge approach to the teaching of Indigenous issues. Indigenous Knowledge Research is a new methodological development that will afford research in many cross-cultural contexts including those where literacy and numeracy skills are low. This research methodology has national and community significance because it fosters social cohesion in investigating problematic contexts through methods that bridge across groups and build community capacities to engage, identify and implement self-owned solutions. This research will facilitate the instigation of informational gathering structures in the most marginalized sectors of the Australian community.Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0238938
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$16,670.00
Summary
Diversity and Discipline: The Impact of Punishment on Indigenous Students' Attitudes Toward Schooling. The research will focus on punishment as an organising principle of schools and from empirical research, will construct a discourse within which discipline as power can be discussed. The research offers a new approach to investigations on the disciplinary practices of schools and challenges the concept of regimes of punishment as a necessary adjunct to learning. At the same time, it develops ....Diversity and Discipline: The Impact of Punishment on Indigenous Students' Attitudes Toward Schooling. The research will focus on punishment as an organising principle of schools and from empirical research, will construct a discourse within which discipline as power can be discussed. The research offers a new approach to investigations on the disciplinary practices of schools and challenges the concept of regimes of punishment as a necessary adjunct to learning. At the same time, it develops an Indigenous methodology which calls on participants as co-researchers to tell their stories as a critical aspect of grounded research
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Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0775837
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$12,000.00
Summary
A study of how Aboriginal women fare in liberal democracies. This study of how Aboriginal women fare in liberal democracies will contribute to a better understanding of the challenges faced by Aboriginal women in Australia. The survival of Aboriginal culture and the health and well being of Aboriginal children depend on the health of Aboriginal women. A deeper understanding of the institutional difficulties faced by Aboriginal women within Indigenous communities as well as Australia's public i ....A study of how Aboriginal women fare in liberal democracies. This study of how Aboriginal women fare in liberal democracies will contribute to a better understanding of the challenges faced by Aboriginal women in Australia. The survival of Aboriginal culture and the health and well being of Aboriginal children depend on the health of Aboriginal women. A deeper understanding of the institutional difficulties faced by Aboriginal women within Indigenous communities as well as Australia's public institutions will contribute to strengthening Australia's social and economic fabric. Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI0989113
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$100,000.00
Summary
Rottnest Island as Black Prison and White Playground: A case study of the problems and prospects for Reconciliation in Australia. Many Australians are committed to Reconciliation. This project seeks to build on this commitment by finding out why the attempts to establish appropriate commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Aboriginal and boys in the Rottnest Island Prison up to 1931 have so far been unsuccessful. The project will uncover new ways to advance the cause of Reconciliation and will ....Rottnest Island as Black Prison and White Playground: A case study of the problems and prospects for Reconciliation in Australia. Many Australians are committed to Reconciliation. This project seeks to build on this commitment by finding out why the attempts to establish appropriate commemoration of the deaths of hundreds of Aboriginal and boys in the Rottnest Island Prison up to 1931 have so far been unsuccessful. The project will uncover new ways to advance the cause of Reconciliation and will bring these to public attention in the form of a documentary film. Rottnest Island could continue to be a source of division and shame but it also has the potential to be unlocked as a source of national pride. Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI100100200
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$177,000.00
Summary
Reversing the gaze: Indigenous perspectives on cultural representation in national museums. Through a focus on new media and digital engagements the project will identify the capacity for Indigenous communities to act as partners in their representation in the national museum space. By contributing an indigenous-centred review of best-practice moments at both a national and international level, the project will deliver modes of engagement that will benefit both Indigenous communities and museu ....Reversing the gaze: Indigenous perspectives on cultural representation in national museums. Through a focus on new media and digital engagements the project will identify the capacity for Indigenous communities to act as partners in their representation in the national museum space. By contributing an indigenous-centred review of best-practice moments at both a national and international level, the project will deliver modes of engagement that will benefit both Indigenous communities and museums engaged in Indigenous cultural representation.Read moreRead less
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI100100014
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$366,000.00
Summary
'To wake them up again': Digital futures for the international diaspora of early ethnographic collections from Arnhem Land. Informed by the Indigenous inheritors of Arnhem Land's endangered languages and traditions, this project will produce findings of world-heritage significance that will inform the importance of early ethnographic collections held in museums worldwide to well-being and cultural survival in our local communities. There is enormous local interest in our region's recorded histor ....'To wake them up again': Digital futures for the international diaspora of early ethnographic collections from Arnhem Land. Informed by the Indigenous inheritors of Arnhem Land's endangered languages and traditions, this project will produce findings of world-heritage significance that will inform the importance of early ethnographic collections held in museums worldwide to well-being and cultural survival in our local communities. There is enormous local interest in our region's recorded history. In recent years, the return of digitised materials from significant ethnographic collections has helped to stimulate the on-going maintenance of our cultures markedly. The sense of history that they bring is proving invaluable in maintaining well-being and community amid the hardships of local life, and in particular, in stimulating youth engagement with tradition.Read moreRead less