{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/FT250100777"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"FT250100777","attributes":{"code":"FT250100777","administering-organisation":"Western Sydney University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Western Sydney University","scheme-name":"ARC Future Fellowships","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2025,"years-funded":4,"project-start-date":"2026-06-30","anticipated-end-date":"2031-06-29","grant-summary":"The Decolonisation of Literary Culture. This project aims to transform our understanding of literary decolonisation by looking beyond questions of texts and curricula to literary culture as a whole, which encompasses the institutions of dissemination, evaluation, and pedagogy, and the often unseen actors who operate in them such as publishers, critics, and teachers. An archival stream will investigate the long revolution of literary decolonisation in the Caribbean from the nineteenth century to today, and a documentary podcast stream will mentor First Nations and CALD practitioners to tell the unfolding story of literary decolonisation in Australia. Discoveries will be readily accessible to the community, cultivating public appreciation of profound shifts in our literary culture.","funding-current":1280595.00,"funding-at-announcement":1253522,"investigators-current":[{"title":"A/Prof","firstName":"Ben","familyName":"Etherington","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-9588-0175 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"A/Prof","firstName":"Ben","familyName":"Etherington","roleName":"Future Fellowship","roleCode":"FT","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0001-9588-0175 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Western Sydney University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Western Sydney University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"NSW"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"450109","name":"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature, Journalism and Professional Writing","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"4705","name":"Literary Studies","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"470502","name":"Australian Literature (Excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature)","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"470526","name":"Other Literatures In English","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"130103","name":"The Creative Arts","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"130201","name":"Communication Across Languages and Culture","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"130203","name":"Literature","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["England","Jamaica"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"‘Decolonisation’ has seemingly been applied to everything, from whole nations to particular products, but its meaning remains unclear to many Australians. This project seeks to provide new clarity about what it means to ‘decolonise’ literature by expanding beyond literary texts—the focus of most previous research—to consider all the components that make up a literary culture, including publishing, criticism, pedagogy, and reading. This wholistic appraisal will explore the shift away from imposed colonial norms and the interplay of creative innovation and institutional transformation over time as the formerly colonised have striven to write in their own voices and from within their restored creative traditions. The project has two streams. The first studies the trajectory of literary decolonisation in the Caribbean, the region where modern colonialism began, shedding new light on how decolonisation was seeded from deep within the colonial literary culture. The second focuses on contemporary Australia, where we continue to grapple with the colonial legacy. This stream involves mentoring First Nations and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse writers to tell the story of literary decolonisation in a series of documentary podcasts that will engage and be readily accessible to the public. The project will benefit Australians by providing a clear account of the complexities involved in decolonising culture while making a critical contribution to understanding our literary heritage."}}}