Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100918

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE140100918

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Amphibian Ark: hope in an era of extinction . A fungal disease is driving hundreds of frog species to extinction. Conservationists are saving species in The Amphibian Ark, a transnational network of biosecure holding tanks and cryogenic banks of frozen tissue. This project will explore the political, economic and cultural forces driving the selection of certain endangered species to live in this twenty-first century Ark. The methods of multispecies ethnography will be used to follow frogs and their fungal pathogens through the Ark, from scientific laboratories and zoos to recreated semi-wild ecosystems. Findings from this research will advance interdisciplinary scholarship in the humanities about extinction, redemption and survival.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 30-11-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $395,220.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cultural Theory | Cultural Studies | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Poststructuralism

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies |

Other Keywords

Control of Animal Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments | Cultural Studies | Cultural Theory | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity at Regional or Larger Scales | Poststructuralism | Social and Cultural Anthropology

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