Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150102810

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150102810

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Aboriginal Communities as Sites of Experiment: Making Research Subjects. How did Aboriginal Australians come to be treated as research subjects in the twentieth century? This project aims to examine six exemplary cases where Aboriginal communities became sites of medical investigation and scientific experiment. It is designed to explore different patterns of sympathy and exploitation, intimacy and objectivity, in the interactions of scientists and Aboriginal people. The sites range from Brewarrina to Hermannsburg, Palm Island and Groote Eylandt; the time period is from the 1910s through the 1990s. The research will endeavour to translate the history of Australian science into a series of Indigenous local histories. Such an approach is unprecedented and is expected to serve as a model for the study of the entanglements between science and Indigenous peoples.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2015

End Date: 30-06-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $203,967.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Health System Performance (incl. Effectiveness of Interventions) | Understanding Australia's Past | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Health System Performance (incl. Effectiveness of Interventions) | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | Historical Studies | Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology | Understanding Australia's Past

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