Australian television and popular memory: new approaches to the cultural history of the media in the project of nation-building. [ 2008-01-01 - 2013-12-31 ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Alan McKee (Chief Investigator) ,  Chris Healy (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Joshua Green (Chief Investigator) ,  Dr Susan Turnbull (Chief Investigator) ,  John Hartley (Chief Investigator)
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Brief description Australian television and popular memory: new approaches to the cultural history of the media in the project of nation-building. Despite its importance to our everyday lives since the 1950s, there is no history of television's role in Australian popular culture. This project will develop a series of collaborative histories that focus upon the popular experience of television and in particular its role in forming national culture. The research will not only involve conventional academic sources, but also those connected with 'the people': memories, memorabilia, personal collections as well as the full range of popular and ephemeral publications which support the popular engagement with the medium. The project is the first to examine television's historical role in our national life.

Funding Amount $272,000

Funding Scheme Discovery Projects

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