Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0663939

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0663939

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Elocution Lessons: A History of Elocution, Speech and the Auditory Self in Australian Cultural Life. This project makes a contribution to the national and community benefit by showing that speech and voice has played a central role in how Australians have come to define and understand their national identity. A study of the aural dimension of Australian culture will also shed light on how Australians have heard themselves as well. By understanding the influence of sound and listening, this project will open up a new understandings of cultural life. Finally, an analysis of the shifting sonic environment through technological discoveries will highlight the ways in which the experience of listening has changed over time.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 31-03-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $145,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History: Australian |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Historical Studies | History: Australian | Understanding Australia'S Past

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