Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346176

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0346176

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Living With Uncertainty: Creating the Postmodern Self in Contemporary Australia. Life in postmodernity is marked by rapid change and uncertainty. Increasingly, as tradition is worn away, individuals must create new scripts to give life meaning and structure. Through a case study of gays and lesbians, this project will investigate how a group of Australians are creating postmodern selves. Drawing on in-depth interviews, it traces the relationship between discursive and psychological accounts of the postmodern self and their political effects. With a particular interest in emotional life, this study will provide critical information on how individuals and communities can manage creatively the uncertain conditions of postmodernity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 10-04-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $500,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sociology | Cultural Theory | Social Change | Social Theory

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Social ethics | National identity | Mental health |

Other Keywords

Cultural Theory | Mental health | National identity | Social Change | Social Theory | Social ethics | Sociology

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