ARC Future Fellowships - Grant ID: FT230100537

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FT230100537

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Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Singing the News: Ballads as News Media in Europe and Australia, 1550-1920. This project aims to take advantage of new digitisation projects to reveal how songs in premodern Europe and later in Australia were used for disseminating news to the public. By analysing ballads across four centuries and five languages, the project expects to show how news-songs not only informed the public but also helped to forge national identities by exploiting the emotive and communal nature of song. Expected outcomes include an innovative digital platform offering licensed recordings of ballads, a public exhibition of song treasures in Australian collections, and a re-written history of the news media industry. Benefits may include new insights into how the modern notion of Australian national identity emerged through song.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2023

End Date: 30-06-2027

Funding Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships

Funding Amount: $980,909.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical studies | Australian history | British history | European history (excl. British classical Greek and Roman)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Australian history | British history | European history (excl. British classical Greek and Roman) | Historical studies | Understanding Australia’s Past | Understanding Europe’s Past

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