[Aqualist] ARC Success 2004
simon.haberle at anu.edu.au
simon.haberle at anu.edu.au
Thu Nov 18 15:52:02 EST 2004
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Dear All,
ARC outcomes were posted yesterday. Congratulations to all those who were
successful. Again there is a large list of well funded Discovery and
Linkage grants associated with Quaternary research. There were 16
successful grants in the Earth Sciences and 9 successful grants in
Archaeology. Four Linkage grants were awarded. Also there were some great
results with APD/ARF fellowships with 9 positions going to: John Tibby,
Carol Lentfer, Dan Penny, Tim Barrows, J Brocks, A Brooks, Katherine Szabo,
Stuart Bedford, M Hudson. Well done to these people.
I have pasted the successful grants below. My apologies if I have missed
anyone.
Cheers, Simon
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Discovery Grants
EARTH SCIENCES
DP0559577 Prof GH McTainsh; Dr HA McGowan; Dr N Tindale; Dr JF Leys;
Dr AY Chan
Title: The Australian Dust Transport System: characterisation and downwind
impacts
2005 : $100,000
2006 : $95,000
2007 : $70,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: Griffith University
Summary:
Most Australians are aware that dust storms occur in dry inland areas and
recently many experienced first hand, the dust storms that engulfed our
cities. Few, however, are aware of the diverse impacts of desert dust
downwind from source. Recent technological advances in remote sensing have
made dust storms much easier to study, and Australian researchers will use
these, and other innovative techniques, to reconstruct the major dust
storms back to 1960. They will reconstruct the sources, dust loads and
trajectories of these storms, and examine how dust affects urban air
pollution. Their data will also be provided to an allied research team in
New Zealand, who are examining how iron-rich Australia dust affects
phytoplankton in the oceans.
DP0558346 Dr JF Nott
Title: Tropical sand beach ridges - a new approach to palaeotempestology
2005 : $40,000
2006 : $40,000
2007 : $40,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: James Cook University
Summary:
Investigations of sand beach ridges in northern Australia will considerably
reduce the impact of future tropical cyclones on communities. These ridges
record a detailed history of cyclones over the past 5,000 years. Due to the
great length of record we will now be able to identify cycles of cyclone
activity, which will allow us to better predict the consequences of these
hazards under an enhanced greenhouse climate and reduce the threat to human
life and economic loss.
DP0557439 Dr PC Fanning; Dr SJ Holdaway; Dr EJ Rhodes
Title: Predicting the Past: Time, Landscape and Indigenous Australian History
2005 : $125,000
2006 : $110,000
2007 : $110,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: Macquarie University
Summary:
Three major benefits accrue from our study of the distribution of
Australian Aboriginal archaeology. Because we emphasise changes in the
nature of this record through time and across space, we allow for the
development of a richer Aboriginal history. Our concern with studying not
only why the record is preserved in some places but also why it is absent
from others allows for an improved assessment of archaeological
significance and hence better management of Aboriginal material culture.
Finally, we emphasise the dynamic nature of human-environment interactions
demonstrating that in the past as in the present neither culture nor nature
can be seen as predominant.
DP0556728 Dr DB Gore; Prof J Anderson; Dr D Fink; Prof MJ Siegert; Dr
J Stone
Title: The Antarctic ice sheet through the Last Glacial Cycle - numerical
modelling constrained by field evidence
2005 : $65,000
2006 : $89,000
2007 : $75,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: Macquarie University
Summary:
The response of the world's largest ice mass to climate change is important
because melting leads to a rise in sea level. Our ability to predict
changes in ice volume and sea level under a warming climate, will be
enhanced by better understanding of past ice sheet responses to changes in
atmospheric carbon dioxide. Improved numerical models now exist that allow
realistic simulations of Antarctic ice. These models will be developed
further and constrained against existing and new field evidence for the
Last Glacial Cycle (last 125,000 years), the period for which we can best
define past ice sheet behaviour.
DP0557143 Dr TT Barrows
Title: Cosmogenic isotopes in glacial landscapes: climate change and
production rates
2005 : $120,000
2006 : $90,000
2007 : $80,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
APD Dr TT Barrows
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Summary:
By dating glacial deposits near Australia, we will provide new insights
into climate change in our region. A better understanding of the factors
that control climate change in our region will be of benefit to all
Australians. We will use a tool called exposure dating that has become very
important in understanding a variety of processes at the Earth's surface,
many of which are poorly understood in the Australian region. Our research
will ensure that Australia remains at the leading edge of the application
of this technique and is included in future international research programs.
DP0557122 Dr SG Tims; Dr LK Fifield; Mr GJ Hancock; Dr R Bartley; Dr
P Wallbrink
Title: Plutonium - A new tracer of sediment transport into the Great
Barrier Reef Lagoon
2005 : $50,000
2006 : $50,000
2007 : $50,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Summary:
This work will quantify one of the most controversial threats to the Great
Barrier Reef Marine Park, namely the amount of sediment reaching the reef
as a consequence of human activities. It will have economic implications
for this major Australian tourist attraction, as well as the commercial
fishing and agricultural and horticultural industries in the region. The
direct economic value associated with these industries exceeds $1 billion
per annum, and around 1 million people visit the inshore areas every year.
Management of the park will benefit through improved understanding of the
transport of sediment from the rivers to the lagoon and inner reef areas,
and the fraction of the sediment attributable to anthropogenic practices.
DP0558437 Prof MA Williams; Dr SH Ambrose; Prof Dr UC Chattopadhyaya;
Dr AL Deino; Dr SA Leroy; Prof Dr S
Title: The environmental impact of an extreme event: the Toba
mega-eruption, volcanic winter and the near demise of humans
2005 : $140,000
2006 : $120,000
2007 : $100,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: The University of Adelaide
Summary:
There is widespread concern among scientists, farmers and policy makers
over the possible environmental, economic and social impacts of global
warming. Certain greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide contribute to such
warming, but other gases and dust particles, especially those from volcanic
eruptions, may trigger global cooling. This project will evaluate the
impact of a major prehistoric eruption on global climate and regional
plant, animal and human communities. We know that future eruptions will
occur, so it is important to clarify the climatic and other effects of
past eruptions. The project will also enhance our understanding of
prehistoric cultural changes and extinctions.
DP0557205 Dr WJ Stephenson
Title: Erosion Morphodynamics and Evolution of Shore Platforms
2005 : $80,000
2006 : $30,000
2007 : $30,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: The University of Melbourne
Summary:
Rocky coasts consist of a cliff and often a platform at the base which
protects the cliff from wave energy. Such coasts undergo continuous erosion
that may threaten property. Climate change may worsen this situation.
Despite the importance of platforms in coastal management they remain
poorly studied. This project seeks to improve scientific knowledge and
understanding of the development and erosion of shore platforms, the
relationships between shore platform and cliff retreat and the processes
that drive erosion. As a result we will understand how rock coasts with
platforms develop and change, especially as sea levels change and be better
able to manage the coast in response to climate change.
DP0558705 Dr MW Wallace; Prof MA Sandiford; Dr SJ Gallagher
Title: Murray Basin: A unique archive of late Neogene global change
2005 : $100,000
2006 : $100,000
2007 : $85,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: The University of Melbourne
Summary:
Salinization, soil erosion, groundwater depletion and surface water
degradation are but a few of the inter-related environmental problems
facing the Murray-Darling Basin. These problems require an understanding
of the way in which shallow groundwater, salts and surface water interact
with near-surface sediments. This project is aimed at a better
understanding the nature of those near-surface sediments in the Murray
Basin and how they were formed. If we can understand how the basin came to
be the way it is (in the modern setting), we may better understand the way
it might behave when subject to man-made changes like increased groundwater
usage, etc.
DP0558042 Dr CV Murray-Wallace; Dr DS Kaufman; Dr P Hesse; Dr PJ
Hearty; Prof RP Bourman; Dr AP Belperio
Title: A one million year record of relative sea-level, climatic and
environmental changes - Aeolianites of the southern Australian continental
margin
2005 : $110,000
2006 : $50,000
2007 : $50,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: University of Wollongong
Summary:
This project will (1) further refine two dating methods that will
revolutionize Australia's capacity to date geological and archaeological
events; (2) ensure that Australia remains in the forefront in applied
geochronology and that a sufficient level of technical expertise remains
within the country; (3) examine the sensitivity of coastal environments to
rapid climate and sea-level changes; (4) increase public awareness of the
scientific basis for the unique nature of Australia's coastal landscapes;
and (5) may also assist in the exploration of strategically important
minerals.
DP0558446 Dr RG Roberts; Prof AR Chivas; Dr E Willerslev; Dr TF
Higham; Dr CB Ramsey; Dr RM Bailey
Title: Life and times of Beringian biota from luminescence and radiocarbon
dating of sedimentary DNA: chronologies for palaeoenvironmental and
archaeological archives
2005 : $180,000
2006 : $160,000
2007 : $150,000
Category: 2601 - GEOLOGY
Administering Institution: University of Wollongong
Summary:
This study will yield important new data on the time of entry of humans
into a previously uninhabited continent (North America) and the record of
subsequent human-environment interactions. The same broad issues apply to
Australia, so understanding the sequence and causes of events in Beringia
will provide insights into human disruption of the Australian ecosystem.
The development of improved techniques in palaeogenetics and geochronology
will benefit researchers worldwide, increase the capacity for commercial
services, and enhance Australia's international standing in cutting edge
science. We will train high-quality graduate students and create new
collaborative initiatives and opportunities for research, exchange,
training and education.
DP0557499 Dr JJ Brocks; Prof AH Knoll
Title: Reconstruction of anoxic and toxic conditions in Australian lakes
and ancient oceans
2005 : $150,000
2006 : $140,000
2007 : $125,000
2008 : $125,000
2009 : $125,000
Category: 2603 - GEOCHEMISTRY
QEII Dr JJ Brocks
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Summary:
Sustainable water quality is a critically important issue for Australia's
economic and social development. To be able to predict and plan the future
of Australia's lakes and estuaries, it is crucial to understand their
ecological past and to determine their state prior to and post-European
settlement. This project develops and applies novel methodologies to
reconstruct the history of cyanobacterial blooms, eutrophication and anoxia
in Australian waterways. It will help to identify human impact on water
quality. The new methodologies, applied to ancient sedimentary rocks, will
also yield information about the effect of environmental changes on early
life on Earth, enforcing Australia's position in the study of global
geochemical cycles.
DP0559159 Dr SM Eggins; Dr CV Murray-Wallace; Prof JF Wehmiller
Title: A new approach to the U-series dating of fossil molluscs - a
major advance for the earth and archaeological sciences
2005 : $90,000
2006 : $75,000
2007 : $80,000
Category: 2603 - GEOCHEMISTRY
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Summary:
The development of a reliable method for accurately determining the age of
fossil shells represents a breakthrough in the ability to date marine
shoreline, lake, and other shell-bearing deposits (e.g. middens). This will
present new opportunities for research of significant national benefit,
particularly into the effects of climate change, including linked sea-level
change and melting of ice sheets, the impact of sea-level change on coastal
zones, and shifts in the amount and variability of rainfall in different
regions. The method may also be used to estimate the frequency and size of
large storm and tsunami events, earthquake risk, and the timing of
prehistoric human migration and associated environmental impacts.
DP0559042 Prof MT McCulloch; Dr C Pelejero; Prof RB Dunbar; Dr M Taviani
Title: Deep sea corals as high resolution recorders of southern ocean
nutrient chemistry and circulation
2005 : $110,000
2006 : $75,000
2007 : $85,000
Category: 2604 - OCEANOGRAPHY
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Summary:
There is compelling evidence that the Earth has been warming dramatically
since the end of the 19th century as a consequence of increasing
atmospheric CO2. This study aims to understand the long-term role of the
Southern Ocean as a 'store-house' for CO2, and its significance in
controlling changes in the Earth's climate. We will use coral skeletons
from the deep oceans as archives of ocean circulation and nutrient
levels. This information will help unravel how biological activity in the
Southern Ocean has responded during previous episodes of climate change,
and how this has controlled the levels of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere.
This will provide a better understanding of greenhouse warming and its
effect on our future climate.
DP0557416 Prof AH Lynch; Prof AP Kershaw; Prof NJ Tapper; Prof GH
Miller; Dr W Wu
Title: Climate, Vegetation and Fire in the Australian Paleomonsoon: An
investigation using paleodata synthesis, contemporary observations and
model experiments
2005 : $100,000
2006 : $90,000
2007 : $90,000
Category: 2606 - ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Administering Institution: Monash University
Summary:
This investigation of the history and development of the Australian monsoon
will provide much needed information for the prediction of future climatic
changes in the Australasian region and beyond. Furthermore, our work will
elucidate the impact of current north Australian fire regimes on the
strength of the Australian monsoon that is so critical to the environment
and economy of the north Australian region, a region that produces wealth
for Australia out of proportion to its population. The work has important
policy implications for water and fire management in Northern Australia and
is significant to aboriginals, pastoralists and other community groups.
DP0558887 Dr J Tibby
Title: European impact on Eastern Australian coastal lakes: understanding
pre-impact conditions and post-settlement modification.
2005 : $120,000
2006 : $76,000
2007 : $70,000
Category: 2699 - OTHER EARTH SCIENCES
APD Dr J Tibby
Administering Institution: The University of Adelaide
Summary:
Coastal lakes are vulnerable to European impact, yet little is known about
how they have been altered in the last 200 years. For example: Are
blue-green algal blooms a natural occurrence in coastal lakes? How long
have freshwater lakes been isolated from the ocean? Preliminary results
indicate that, at key sites, blue-green algae were more abundant before
European settlement and that coastal lakes thought to be permanently fresh
have been exposed to the ocean within the past 200 years. By documenting
change at representative sites, the project will identify which lake types
are most vulnerable to impact. Results from the project will ensure that
costly restoration efforts are not misplaced.
ARCHAEOLOGY
DP0556771 Dr SE Lawrence; Ms JL Lennon; Dr AM Brooks
Title: Life on the Edge: Pre-Gold Rush Settlement in South Gippsland,
Victoria
2005 : $80,000
2006 : $80,000
2007 : $80,000
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
APD Dr AM Brooks
Administering Institution: La Trobe University
Summary:
The project will contribute materialist perpectives to the understanding of
the development of the Port Phillip Colony. The project provides a
thematic, contextual study as called for in the National Cultural Heritage
Forum's 'Vision for Australia's Cultural Heritage' and required to support
the new national heritage legislation. The project exemplifies the 'whole
environment' approach identified in the present review of the Victorian
Heritage Strategy by providing interpretations of setting, context, and
broader cultural landscapes. The project will contribute to the
enhancement of regional tourism product content by increasing the knowledge
of one of the key heritage assets of the region.
DP0556210 Dr SL O'Connor; Ms K Szabo
Title: Transformations and Persistence in the Holocene in East Timor:
Unpacking the Island Southeast Asian Neolithic and Metal Age Cultural Packages
2005 : $117,000
2006 : $114,000
2007 : $80,000
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
APD Ms K Szabo
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Summary:
This project will be of great benefit in understanding culture interaction
and change in our region. The close relationship between Timor and Greater
Australia throughout the Holocene, and its place in Southeast Asia link it
both east and west through time. In addition to understanding the nature
of interaction between communities, we seek to understand how the Timorese
responded, through time, to environmental variability and how this affected
local culture. Furthermore, our particular focus on production
technologies, as well as testing theories of migration and replacement for
the Neolithic, allow us to see the nature of innovation within Timorese
society.
DP0556874 Prof MJ Spriggs; Dr SH Bedford
Title: Northern Vanuatu as a Pacific Crossroads: The archaeology of
discovery, interaction and the emergence of the ethnographic present
2005 : $180,000
2006 : $140,000
2007 : $170,000
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
APD Dr SH Bedford
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Summary:
The project addresses the National Research Priority Goal of "Understanding
our Region and the World". Supporting research programs with smaller
Pacific Island neighbours such as Vanuatu fosters Australia's relationship
with those countries generally. This research will strengthen our knowledge
of the region's deep human past. It will advance Australia's understanding
of its nearest neighbours as well as provide those neighbours with
information they can use to shape their own views of their past and its
relationship to their present. The proposed research has direct relevance
to on-going debates within world archaeology and related disciplines.
DP0558992 Dr PR Grave; Dr LK Kealhofer
Title: Iron Age Exchange in Anatolia 1200-200BC, an archaeometric approach
2005 : $76,000
2006 : $65,000
2007 : $75,000
2008 : $60,000
2009 : $75,664
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
Administering Institution: The University of New England
Summary:
Currently researchers from Turkey, Europe, Australia, Japan, and the US are
prominent in a wide variety of archaeological and historical projects in
the Eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia that overlap the period studied
here. Establishment of a robust geochemical model for the complex Iron Age
assemblage of trade ceramics of Anatolia will provide a major national and
international scientific resource for ongoing research in the archaeology,
history and economic history of the region. The project would represent a
new phase of close collaboration between US, European and Australian
institutions as well as an ideal setting for graduate student training both
in archaeology and archaeological science.
DP0559719 Ms CJ Lentfer
Title: Palaeoenvironmental change, resource exploitation and land use
relating to a 72,000 year cultural sequence at Liang Bua, Flores, Indonesia.
2005 : $192,494
2006 : $137,494
2007 : $121,494
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
APD Ms CJ Lentfer
Administering Institution: The University of Queensland
Summary:
This project, involving international collaborative links between
Australian universities and Indonesian universities and institutions, is at
the cutting edge of palaeoenvironmental research and will provide valuable
training as well as information which will be of great benefit to other
researchers in the region. Being focused on prehistoric patterns of
resource exploitation, land use and management issues, it is relevant to
current important issues about the environment, human impact and
sustainability, and will help promote awareness of these issues in the
Australian and Indonesian communities.
DP0556232 Dr AV Betts; Prof VN Yagodin
Title: Chorasmian temples: an archaeological study of early Zoroastrianism
and its precursors in Central Asia
2005 : $82,000
2006 : $47,000
2007 : $70,000
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
Administering Institution: The University of Sydney
Summary:
The project is a collaboration with the Uzbek Academy of Sciences. National
benefits to Australia are in international relations and in broadening our
understanding of cultural issues in the potentially volatile and
politically significant region of Central Asia. The team has developed a
high profile in Uzbekistan and internationally, reflecting well on
Australia's cultural strengths, international involvement and support for
developing countries in Asia. Our research features regularly in the Uzbek
media and has the personal approval of President Karimov. We are involved
with Zoroastrian and Parsi communities in Australia and overseas,
particularly in India and the USA, and our results are published regularly
in the community press.
DP0557923 Dr JH Field
Title: First Australians, Last Megafauna? Modern Approaches To A
Prehistoric Puzzle.
2005 : $110,000
2006 : $112,000
2007 : $132,000
2008 : $60,000
2009 : $60,000
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
Administering Institution: The University of Sydney
Summary:
Animal species will be, and have been, threatened with extinction
continuously through time. Understanding the possible role of people in
these events and how climate change may have made some species more
vulnerable to extinction than others is an important aspect of ongoing
debate in our society. How these factors influenced the extinction process
has implications for how we might manage our policies on land,
conservation, biodiversity, and 'at-risk' animal species. Additionally,
the involvement of indigenous communities provides important employment and
cultural exchange opportunities.
DP0558130 A/Prof RJ Fletcher; Dr DA Penny; A/Prof MF Barbetti; Dr C
Pottier
Title: Urban Infrastructure, Inertia and Ecology: the growth and decline
of Angkor, Cambodia (9th to 16th Century AD)
2005 : $242,126
2006 : $201,126
2007 : $197,126
2008 : $202,126
2009 : $160,126
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
ARF Dr DA Penny
Administering Institution: The University of Sydney
Summary:
Australia emphasises the value of partnerships with developing nations in
the Asia-Pacific for the continued stability of our region. Australia has
played a significant role in assisting Cambodia toward stability and
sustainable growth, and Australian researchers have assisted greatly in the
development of individual and institutional capabilities. This project's
large, multi-disciplinary research team provides a significant new
perspective on a cultural site of global importance and extends active
collaboration with Cambodian agencies responsible for managing Angkor - the
Asia-Pacific flagship World Heritage site - by providing engagement with
world-class research expertise and facilities.
DP0559663 Mr B Hudson
Title: Early settlements in Upper Burma (Myanmar): an experiment in urban
living
2005 : $89,000
2006 : $88,000
2007 : $88,000
Category: 4302 - ARCHAEOLOGY AND PREHISTORY
APD Mr B Hudson
Administering Institution: The University of Sydney
Summary:
This project directly increases access for Australian research to a
previously self-isolated nation, Myanmar. It contributes to better
understanding of our region and our world by examining how past communities
worked together and how they dealt with social and environmental stress.
Linkage Grants
LP0560552 Dr PA Gell
Title: Sediment-derived scenarios of wetland status and change, the Lower
River Murray, SA.
2005 : $59,460
2006 : $58,365
2007 : $70,128
Category: 2707 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Partner Organisation(s)
River Murray Catchment Water Management Board
Administering Institution: The University of Adelaide
Summary:
River Murray wetlands changed early in European settlement so the
pre-impact conditions are invisible to managers relying on anecdote or
monitoring. Baseline conditions of wetlands can be derived from ecological
archives preserved in sediments. Fossil diatom assemblages, reflective of
past water quality, and other fossils, will be exhumed from sediment
sequences to reconstruct wetland conditions. The integration of multiple
indicators of the past will generate graphic re-enactments of natural
wetland dynamics. These will provide a vision for community and government
on-ground managers enabling them to perceive appropriate targets for
wetland state and so generate measures to work towards sustainable conditions.
LP0560896 Prof O Hoegh-Guldberg; Prof MT McCulloch; Prof RB Dunbar;
Dr LJ McCook; Dr DB Haynes
Title: Long-term changes in Mackay Whitsunday water quality and
connectivity between coral reefs and mangrove ecosystems
2005 : $110,000
2006 : $100,000
2007 : $100,000
Category: 2707 - ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Partner Organisation(s)
Mackay-Whitsunday Natural Resource Management Group
Mackay City Council
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Administering Institution: The University of Queensland
Summary:
Declining water quality is implicated in the degradation of near-shore
Great Barrier Reef (GBR) ecosystems. The goal of this project is to provide
a definitive answer to the question of how GBR water quality has changed
since European arrival (pre-1860). Using novel geochemical proxies in
long-lived coral cores and innovative remote sensing techniques, we will
develop quantitative histories of water quality and mangrove distribution
change. This project will deliver the first integrated assessment of how
coastal water quality and associated ecosystems have varied historically,
which will be immediately applicable for long-term management of coastal
ecosystems lining the GBR.
LP0561202 Dr FR Cameron; Prof EA Edmonds; Prof SR Garton; Mr KS Sumption
Title: Reconceptualising Heritage Collections: Multidisciplinary
Approaches to Museum Collections and Documentation
2005 : $130,000
2006 : $100,000
2007 : $100,000
Category: 4003 - CURATORIAL STUDIES
APA(I) Award(s): 1
Partner Organisation(s)
Powerhouse Museum
Administering Institution: The University of Sydney
Summary:
Museums worldwide are responding to technical advances in digital media.
Collection databases and their availability on the World Wide Web are part
of this initiative. The potential scope for collections documentation has
been transformed by digital technologies, but in reality this has not been
matched by the quality of information held in databases - its relationship
to current knowledge, the needs of online users and new interdisciplinary
approaches to material culture research. This project will reconceptualise
museum collections acquisition, documentation practices, create a new
multidisciplinary multimedia knowledge structure and reform museum practice
to address these issues to greatly enhance the value of collections.
LP0560901 Ms RJ Maxwell
Title: Determining the age and origins of Indonesian and Indian trade
textiles: multidisciplinary research in art history and conservation science
2005 : $34,333
2006 : $21,500
2007 : $33,733
Category: 4199 - OTHER ARTS
Partner Organisation(s)
National Gallery of Australia
Administering Institution: The Australian National University
Summary:
The National Gallery of Australia holds a world-renowned collection of
Asian textiles and Australian art historians, conservators and curators are
international leaders in the field of research, conservation and exhibition
of Asian textiles. On this project they join forces to advance
international understanding of the antiquity and identity of historical
production centres in India and Indonesia through selected carbon dating
and physical analysis of key textile types from museum collections and the
field. The results will assist in the reliable, inexpensive and
non-intrusive guidelines for other collecting institutions to assess the
age and origins of textiles in their care.
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