Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100238

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE160100238

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Georgiana Molloy, Life Writing and Environment in 1830s Western Australia. This project aims to use ecobiography, a mode of life-writing that details the relationship of a person with their environment, to prompt a reconsideration of the anthropocentric relationship between humans and non-humans in a settler colony. Through analysis of archival and contemporary writing on the environment of 1830s south-west Western Australia, it aims to illuminate interactions between botanist Georgiana Molloy, the Noongar people and plants. The resulting monograph will be designed to demonstrate how syntheses of the sciences and humanities can respond creatively to environmental deterioration. The project also intends to contribute to recent scholarship on Aboriginal agency and land management practices.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2016

End Date: 20-04-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $313,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Literary Studies | Postcolonial Studies | Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Australia's Past | Languages and Literature |

Other Keywords

Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) | Languages and Literature | Literary Studies | Postcolonial Studies | Understanding Australia's Past

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