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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP140100039
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Pacific Exposures: Australian and Japanese Photographic Connections Since the Late Nineteenth Century. This project reveals the historical importance of photography as a medium of cultural connection between Australia and Japan. Amateurs and professionals from both countries have long used their cameras as interpretive instruments to define the foreign encounter. Decades before the rupture of the Pacific War of 1941-45, travelling photographers helped bridge the cultural and geographical distance between Australia and Japan. In the aftermath of military conflict, and since the normalisation of bilateral relations in the 1950s, photography has facilitated mutual understanding, diplomacy and trade. The project examines photography’s role in their shared cultural history, and how it continues to shape Australia’s engagement with Japan today.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2014
End Date: 11-2018
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $201,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Art Theory and Criticism | Visual Cultures
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified | Understanding Australia's Past | The Creative Arts (incl. Graphics and Craft) |
