Between the Outback and the Sea: The Place of Cosmopolitanism in Contemporary Australia
Funding: 2004: $50,000
2005: $45,000
Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Discovery Projects)
Start year: 2004
Summary: 'Place' is an increasingly contested and problematic notion. In contemporary Australia, it arises as a central issue in relations between the indigenous and the 'settled'; between the refugee and the citizen; between the regional and the international. By focusing on the idea of the 'cosmopolitan' as it arises in the Australian context, and particularly with respect to the built environment (often neglected in favour of the concepts of 'land' or 'wilderness'), the project will enable a reconfiguration of the significance and meaning of place for ideas of citizenship and identity.
FOR Codes: Architecture and Urban Environment not elsewhere classified, Philosophy not elsewhere classified, Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified, Civics and citizenship, National identity, Religion and ethics not elsewhere classified, Urban and Regional Planning not elsewhere classified, Citizenship and National Identity