Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0665356

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0665356

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

European Naturalists and the Constitution of Human Difference in Oceania: Crosscultural Encounters and the Science of Race, 1768-1888. This research will promote better understanding of the historical antecedents to contemporary Australian regional interventions, relations with our neighbours and conceptions of racial or ethnic differences. It thus directly addresses current debates on the politics of history. The assumptions about regional differences which underpin current Australian attitudes and policies stem from much earlier debates on the racial histories and collective physical variations of Oceanian people and from beliefs about natural European dominance over indigenous populations. This project will produce an accessible history of the genesis of such ideas and demonstrate the historical embeddedness of Australia within the wider context of Oceania.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2006

End Date: 30-06-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $240,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History: Pacific | History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Historical Studies | History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology | History: Pacific | Understanding Australia'S Past | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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