Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0454321

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0454321

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

What's in a name? Attachment and interference in placename-based identity. Why do conflicts often arise when naming authorities and other interests propose changing long-standing placenames? This project will address this question by researching opposition to specific proposals to change placenames - in particular the renaming of Hazelwood North with Churchill and resistance to the renaming of places in and around the Grampians National Park in the early 1990s. A community will be selected to document place identity and contrast these mental maps with official registers of placenames. The outcome will provide naming authorities with a greater knowledge of community attitudes to placenames and greater understanding of resistance to renaming proposals. The study will provide a detailed understanding of placename attachment, identity, and resistance to interference into sense of place.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 24-02-2003

End Date: 26-07-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $47,112.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cartography | Social And Cultural Geography | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) | Human Geography

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Heritage not elsewhere classified | National identity | Regional planning |

Other Keywords

Cartography | Heritage not elsewhere classified | Human Geography | Language In Culture And Society (Sociolinguistics) | National identity | Regional planning | Social And Cultural Geography

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