Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451331

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451331

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Darwinian Screen: Race in Pacific and Australian Film 1900-1970. This project examines the influence of Darwinism in filmic narratives which deal with race that are set in Australia and the Pacific from 1900-1970. Science Fiction, Travel, South Seas Island Romance, Colonial Adventure and Jungle films made in Australia, New Zealand, America, the UK and France will be considered in order to determine the design and construction of race. The search for primitive man, the construction of 'types', the creation of utopian spaces for white subjects, the representation of evolution and devolution, the making of the Pacific as site for scientific endeavour and the production of narratives of survival are among the areas to be considered.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $198,432.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cinema Studies | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies | Film, Television and Digital Media

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Cinema Studies | Film, Television and Digital Media | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies | Understanding Australia'S Past

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