Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140104244

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140104244

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Sorcery and Human Security in Vanuatu: Violence, Health, Governance, and the Implications for Effective Development. Belief in sorcery and violence caused by accusations of sorcery are endemic across the Western Pacific and pose serious challenges for effective healthcare and governance. Using Vanuatu as a case study, this research is the first to systematically analyse the link between sorcery and human security in the region. This includes addressing the current lack of awareness in key development sectors of the social, health and governance implications of sorcery beliefs. The study will provide evidence and a framework for integrating local belief contexts into international development practice. It will also develop innovative theoretical approaches to understanding sorcery beliefs and related practices in terms of transformations of modernity.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2014

End Date: 31-01-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $173,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Studies of Pacific Peoples' Societies | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Anthropology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society |

Other Keywords

Anthropology | Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Studies of Pacific Peoples' Societies

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