Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE140101600
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Exploring Astronomical Knowledge and Traditions in the Torres Strait. The astronomical knowledge of Indigenous people across the world has gained much significance as scientists continue to unravel the embedded knowledge in material culture and oral traditions. As social scientists gain a stronger role in emerging scholarship on Indigenous astronomy, growing evidence of celestial knowledge is being rediscovered in artefacts, iconography, document archives, literature, folklore, music, language and performances. This project seeks to investigate an underexplored area of astronomical knowledge in Australia. It will be the first comprehensive study of the astronomical traditions of Torres Strait Islanders and will add to the growing body of knowledge regarding Indigenous astronomy.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 06-2014
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Funding Amount: $351,839.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Society | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Other Studies in Human Society |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
