Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0984237

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0984237

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

'Ordinary Writings': lower-class writing practices in the transition to mass literacy in Europe, 1800-1918. This project contributes to public debate on literacy and literacy standards. Its historical perspective offers an antidote to conventional wisdom. It will show that there is no clear separation between literacy and illiteracy, that levels of literary competence vary according to specific occasions and specific tasks, and that schooling is not necessary for literacy acquisition. It will help put Australian research in the international forefront of cultural history. It will show that written heritage deserves full recognition in all its aspects, not just as the expression of educated elites. This aspect of our written patrimony needs re-evaluation, and we need to improve preservation of it and accessibility to it.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2009

End Date: 30-06-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $160,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History: European

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Historical Studies | History: European | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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