Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0344206

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0344206

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Photography and eugenics: an historical investigation of photography's role in the development and popularisation of the eugenics movement. This project analyses the uses of racial type photographs by the eugenics movement. Photography was used as a scientific tool by eugenicists but this project is primarily concerned with its role in popularising and legitimating a movement that won widespread acceptance between c.1870 and WW2. It will explore the techniques, media forms, aims and effects of British, American and German eugenic photography and compare eugenics photography with the use of photography in contemporary liberal anthropology. The project will result in a groundbreaking monograph on a topic which will make a major contribution to our understanding of the history of racism.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $147,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cultural Studies Not Elsewhere Classified | Cultural Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Cultural Studies | Cultural Studies Not Elsewhere Classified | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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