Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160103488

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160103488

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Mapping Print, Charting Enlightenment. This project aims to reconstruct popular reading trends to revise understanding of European enlightenment and the transformational impact of print. Through an innovative, industry-wide digital survey of unprecedented scope and sophistication, tracking millions of copies of thousands of titles and all sectors of the book trade – legal, pirate and contraband – it asks: What books were widely read? Where were they produced and consumed? What was the relative scale and nature of key parts of the trade – notably religious and illegal publishing? How cosmopolitan was popular reading? The project also aims to reflect on its digital methods and develop transferable technologies for studying print’s impact across time and space.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 13-06-2016

End Date: 12-06-2021

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $459,606.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Literature in French | European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Europe's Past | Communication Across Languages and Culture | Electronic Information Storage and Retrieval Services |

Other Keywords

Communication Across Languages and Culture | Electronic Information Storage and Retrieval Services | European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman) | Historical Studies | Literature in French | Understanding Europe's Past

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