Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451500

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0451500

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Building Difference: Architectural Strategies in Colonial Museums. Natural history and ethnology museums built in the 19th century in British imperial territories in Australia, New Zealand, India, and Canada were driven by specific colonising intent. Their architecture reflects the cultural complexities of empire. Using archival sources, the project researches the deployment of metropolitan architectural theory in colonial museum design from the foundation of these institutions to decolonisation and institutional modernisation in the mid-20th century. It examines how architectural strategies were exploited and inflected by different local conditions, to produce a sophisticated investigation of the architecture of empire.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 14-01-2004

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $131,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Museum Studies | History Of The Built Environment | Cultural Studies | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding other countries | Heritage not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Cultural Studies | Heritage not elsewhere classified | History Of The Built Environment | Museum Studies | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies | Understanding Australia'S Past | Understanding other countries

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