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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE200101322
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Funded Activity Summary
Capturing foundational Australian photography in a globalising world. This project will combine archival research on the foundational years of Australian photography, 1839-54, with new methods of multimedia database design to network early photographs: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and calotypes, with dispersed manuscripts, journalism and legal proceedings that document their creation. These images are prized by Australian collecting institutions but their significance to our cultural heritage remains unrecognised. This project will analyse how colonial Australian photographers’ distance from Europe prompted them to innovate with processes, materials and apparatuses. It will excavate this neglected dimension of colonial modernity, assessing its resonance for media heritage, culture, and law.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2020
End Date: 12-2023
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $343,526.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Curatorial and Related Studies | Art History | Heritage and Cultural Conservation | Visual Cultures
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Understanding Australia's Past | Conserving Collections and Movable Cultural Heritage |
