Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103518

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103518

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Excavating MacGregor: re-connecting a colonial museum collection. Sensing the impacts of colonisation, the first Administrator of British New Guinea William MacGregor made a significant collection of objects specifically for its future citizens. This comprehensive legacy of 13 000 objects did not remain in the country but was dispersed to three Australian and six overseas museums. Our aim is to re-assemble and re-connect this material by 'excavating' its private and official components. This research aims to focus on the makers and traders to disentangle the social relationships embedded in the objects. Using material-centred, assemblage-based archaeological approaches, we aim to investigate how indigenous groups used objects to negotiate with the new colonial government.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-02-2015

End Date: 30-06-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $479,026.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Archaeology | Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand) | Museum Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Conserving Collections and Movable Cultural Heritage | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Archaeology | Archaeology of New Guinea and Pacific Islands (excl. New Zealand) | Conserving Collections and Movable Cultural Heritage | Museum Studies | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified

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