Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0773501

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0773501

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Cinema and Civilisation: Science, Progress and Empire in Early Film. This study will explore the role of early film in disseminating the Western ideals of progress, science and technology in the colonial nations of Australia's region. Early films made about Indonesia, Indochina, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia and Singapore as well as India and North Africa will be studied. The study will reveal Australia's dual roles as a recipient of the civilising mission and later as a propagator of this knowledge in its own sphere of influence. Such an understanding will lead to a fuller comprehension of the relative meaning of terms such as 'progress', 'science' and 'civilisation' in Australia and its region.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 30-12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $298,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cinema Studies | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies | Film, Television and Digital Media | Studies In Human Society Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding international relations |

Other Keywords

Cinema Studies | Film, Television and Digital Media | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies | Studies In Human Society Not Elsewhere Classified | Understanding Australia'S Past | Understanding international relations | Visual Communication

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