Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development - Grant ID: DI100100014

Funded Activity Summary

'To wake them up again': Digital futures for the international diaspora of early ethnographic collections from Arnhem Land. Informed by the Indigenous inheritors of Arnhem Land's endangered languages and traditions, this project will produce findings of world-heritage significance that will inform the importance of early ethnographic collections held in museums worldwide to well-being and cultural survival in our local communities. There is enormous local interest in our region's recorded history. In recent years, the return of digitised materials from significant ethnographic collections has helped to stimulate the on-going maintenance of our cultures markedly. The sense of history that they bring is proving invaluable in maintaining well-being and community amid the hardships of local life, and in particular, in stimulating youth engagement with tradition.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 28-01-2010

End Date: 26-01-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development

Funding Amount: $366,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Curatorial and Related Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies | Museum Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Information and Knowledge Systems

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding international relations | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Information and Knowledge Systems | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage | Curatorial and Related Studies | Managing Collections | Museum Studies | Understanding international relations

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