Federation Fellowships - Grant ID: FF0241243

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FF0241243

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Self, the social body and wellbeing: Embodiment and adaptation in cross-cultural perspective. This interdisciplinary programme will contribute to understanding how ideas of the self, social relationships and their meanings, are revised and restructured as a result of embodied change. Ethonographic research will be conducted with Australian men and women who have had serious chronic illness and surgery, including stroke and kidney disease. Comparative research will be conducted in Thailand, the Cameroon and Haiti throughcollaborations developed during the Fellowship. The work will contribute to international debates about wellbeing, social capital and resilience in different cultural, social and economic settings.Policy implications relate to community connectedness, health and welfare services, and infrastructure.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2002

End Date: 30-04-2007

Funding Scheme: Federation Fellowships

Funding Amount: $1,417,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Other Studies in Human Society | Anthropology Not Elsewhere Classified | Gender Specific Studies | Studies In Human Society Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Gender | Studies in human society | Health status (e.g. indicators of “well-being”) |

Other Keywords

Anthropology Not Elsewhere Classified | Gender | Gender Specific Studies | Health status (e.g. indicators of “well-being”) | Other Studies in Human Society | Studies In Human Society Not Elsewhere Classified | Studies in human society

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