Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0557159

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0557159

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Arabian Africans or African Arabs? The dynamics of Islamic African identity in the Arabian Peninsula. An understanding of the social and cultural background to current conflicts is a step towards resolving them and this project is a significant contribution to Australia's understanding of the world and of Muslims. It will explain how and why many non-Arab Muslims are drawn towards the Arab world, by virtue of what it can offer them and of what the alternatives are increasingly failing to offer, both on a personal level and in a political sense. This is a study of African Muslims, but as a comparative study it has a direct relevance to Australia's relationship with the Islamic world, Arab, African or Asian. Ultimately, it will help to explain why contemporary events seem to have led to the clash of two civilisations, the West and Islam.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-01-2005

End Date: 30-01-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $230,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | Anthropology | Race And Ethnic Relations | Social And Cultural Anthropology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding other countries | Understanding international relations |

Other Keywords

Anthropology | Communication Across Languages and Cultures | Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross-Cultural Studies | Race And Ethnic Relations | Social And Cultural Anthropology | Understanding international relations | Understanding other countries

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