Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE240100336
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$427,140.00
Summary
Harnessing creative heritage for migrant wellbeing in museums and libraries. This project investigates the use of novel cultural heritage preservation methods to support migrant wellbeing in Australian museums and libraries. Subject to forced migration, Ukrainian, Afghani, and Sri Lankan communities will re-story their lived experiences through music, engaging audiences and enhancing the relevance of case study collections for increasingly multicultural societies. The project will generate evide ....Harnessing creative heritage for migrant wellbeing in museums and libraries. This project investigates the use of novel cultural heritage preservation methods to support migrant wellbeing in Australian museums and libraries. Subject to forced migration, Ukrainian, Afghani, and Sri Lankan communities will re-story their lived experiences through music, engaging audiences and enhancing the relevance of case study collections for increasingly multicultural societies. The project will generate evidence on the impact of creative heritage methods on migrant wellbeing and produce an evidenced-based framework. Significant community benefits include increased public access to at-risk cultural heritage. The project’s reframing of heritage practice can assist industry in the pivot to future-focused heritage management.Read moreRead less
Voice and Belonging: Pathways to inclusion for new migrant communities. This project investigates the role of Australia's ethnic media in the humanitarian and refugee settlement experience, conceptualising media engagement as a key lens through which to foster a sense of belonging. The project expects to provide the first-ever national study of ethnic media, mapping the 'migrant mediasphere' with a focus on new humanitarian and refugee communities. Expected outcomes include conceptual advances a ....Voice and Belonging: Pathways to inclusion for new migrant communities. This project investigates the role of Australia's ethnic media in the humanitarian and refugee settlement experience, conceptualising media engagement as a key lens through which to foster a sense of belonging. The project expects to provide the first-ever national study of ethnic media, mapping the 'migrant mediasphere' with a focus on new humanitarian and refugee communities. Expected outcomes include conceptual advances about media engagement and public connection for new and emerging migrant communities, and media's place in the assemblage of humanitarian settlement services. Significant benefits emerge for humanitarian and refugee arrivals, for media trying to service these communities and for policymakers in urban and regional areas.Read moreRead less