Dance, Movements and Visual Symbolism in East Timor. By understanding traditional dance and indigenous belief systems which are often marginalized in the modern hierarchical ordering that privileges western-style "capacity building" based on modern scientific and managerial values, we will have a nuanced understanding of East Timorese cosmologies and practices on care of the self, resilience, power and agency. Development aid which is often defined exclusively in terms of infrastructure and econ ....Dance, Movements and Visual Symbolism in East Timor. By understanding traditional dance and indigenous belief systems which are often marginalized in the modern hierarchical ordering that privileges western-style "capacity building" based on modern scientific and managerial values, we will have a nuanced understanding of East Timorese cosmologies and practices on care of the self, resilience, power and agency. Development aid which is often defined exclusively in terms of infrastructure and economic growth, may pay attention to culture and creating space for emotional, social and spiritual creativity. Dance practices may provide alternative models of generative processes and therapy that actively produce feelings of joy and peace in the bodies, hearts, minds and souls of East Timorese.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0560711
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$325,873.00
Summary
PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures: Accessibility and Decentralisation. PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, is a collaborative facility established in 2003 to preserve and make accessible Australian researchers' field recordings of endangered languages and musics from the area around Australia. Improvement plans for 2005 include: decentralising audio ingestion; adding audio restoration capabil ....PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures: Accessibility and Decentralisation. PARADISEC, the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures, is a collaborative facility established in 2003 to preserve and make accessible Australian researchers' field recordings of endangered languages and musics from the area around Australia. Improvement plans for 2005 include: decentralising audio ingestion; adding audio restoration capabilities; developing a geographical interface to our collection; web-publishing our catalogue; developing and testing protocols for linking audio with text, images and relevant material in other collections; and participating in international consortia developing standards and tools for management of and access to endangered cultural recordings. Read moreRead less
Vocal empowerment: Researching the effect of actor voice training on young adults with cochlear implants and hearing aids. The research offers significant public health outcomes for Australians, in the areas of preventative healthcare, through improving the social integration and quality of life of young adults with a hearing impairment and through improvements in habilitation.