Staff Research
Australian Research Council Grants 2011
Dr Sara Wills and Dr Mammad Aidani
Three-year grant commencing in 2011: $275,000
ARC Discovery Grant with Postdoctoral Fellowship
DP110102516
Narrating trauma and displacement: historical and cultural experiences of Iran-born men in Australia
This project aims to understand the trauma facing Iranian men who have settled in Australia in the last 30 years, and to contribute to programs for their recovery and care. It provides the first social, cultural and historical study of this phenomenon, and aims to strengthen social cohesion by promoting new knowledge about refugees and migrants.
Professor Kate Darian-Smith
Three-year grant commencing in 2011: $390,000
ARC Discovery Grant
DP110100505: Associate Professor Julie L Willis, Professor Kate Darian-Smith, Professor Philip J Goad, Associate Professor Hannah Lewi, Dr David G Nichols, Dr Elain Harwood, Associate Professor Julie E McLeod
Designing Australian schools: a spatial history of innovation, pedagogy and social change
This project will provide understanding of the design, educational and environmental motivations underpinning modern Australian schools in the twentieth‑century, thus informing current ideas about the school as a centre of the broader social and local community fabric.
Australian Research Council Grants 2010
Dr Helen MacDonald
Four-year grant commencing in 2010: $579,018
ARC Future Fellowship
FT100100762
Spare parts: the cultural history of organ transplantation
Organ transplantation is of considerable contemporary concern to Australians. Despite decades of campaigns seeking organ donors, this country has one of the world's lowest donation rates. This study will explore how this situation arose and offer a new understanding of the factors that impinge upon people's perceptions of transplantation.
Associate Professor Nathalie Nguyen
Four year grant commencing in 2010: $706,299
ARC Future Fellowship
FT100100774
Forgotten Histories: Vietnamese Veterans in Australia
Australia's participation in the Vietnam War left a lasting impact on national consciousness. The Vietnamese community in Australia is a legacy of that war and its aftermath. By focusing on Vietnamese veterans, this study will add vital new insights into Australian war and immigration history and enhance cultural understanding.
Professor John Sinclair
Three-year grant commencing in 2010: $417,000
ARC Discovery Grant
DP1094355: Dr Fran Martin; Dr Tania Lewis; Assoc Prof R Harindranath; Prof Wanning Sun; Prof John Sinclair
The role of lifestyle television in transforming culture, citizenship and selfhood: Australia, China, Taiwan, Singapore and India
Television now reaches 97% of the population in China and Indian TV is among the world's fastest growing industries. Despite its dominance as a media form in our region, in Australia we know little about the social and cultural dimensions of television in Asia. By researching lifestyle TV - a genre concerned with promoting new forms of lifestyle and consumption - this project will help us comprehend the shifting cultural, economic and social dynamics of our region, contributing to Research Priority 4. Through engagement with Asian cultures and scholarship, it will also help position Australian media research as relevant both regionally and internationally and will help to inform Australian TV producers of new developments in the region.
Australian Research Council Grants 2009
Professor Kate Darian-Smith
Three-year grant commencing in 2009: $226,583
ARC Discovery Grant
DP0984223: Dr CA Driscoll; Dr K Bowles; Prof K Darian-Smith; A/Prof CR Gibson; Dr D Nichols; A/Prof G Waitt
Cultural sustainability in Australian country towns: amenity, mobility, and everyday life
By exploring the everyday experiences of culture and cultural amenity in three country towns, this cross-disciplinary project provides the first comprehensive documentation of the complexity of cultural sustainability within rural Australia. We will explore issues of demographic mobility; individual and community relationships to places and histories; social and economic adaptability to local, national and global cultural influences; and the role of cultural infrastructure and heritage in community well-being and sustainability. Project outcomes include scholarly publications and presentations; a series of community-driven digital cultural maps; and feedback for community and government on the impact of culture on sustainability.
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