Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0556111

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0556111

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Playing for Life: A Case Study in Childhood, Culture and Transition. This study will advance Australian research on identity formation in postcolonial societies; develop child-focused research in academic anthropology; align Australian Aboriginal Studies with recent international progress in the field of children's social imagination; innovate the analysis of transforming Indigenous worldviews; create a perspective for in-depth psychological research with Aboriginal Australians; build a rich resource for comparative research and for teaching. It also offers distinct social benefits: fostering the understanding of Aboriginal children's social and mental needs in processes of cultural transformation; enhancing equality by identifying the positive potentials in children and Aboriginal society.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 10-06-2005

End Date: 30-09-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $222,988.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aboriginal Studies | Anthropology | Psychology Not Elsewhere Classified | Social And Cultural Anthropology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Youth/child development and welfare | Social structure and health | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander development and welfare |

Other Keywords

Aboriginal Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander development and welfare | Anthropology | Psychology Not Elsewhere Classified | Social And Cultural Anthropology | Social structure and health | Youth/child development and welfare

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