Overview
Project status: In progress
This project examines creativity and innovation via historical perspectives and is aligned with the notion of 'Creative Ecologies' in which the historical examination of city of Melbourne seeks to understand its cultures of creativity and innovation through an analysis of its social and cultural organisational networks.
- Research leader
- Organisational unit
- Lead unit Creative Industries Faculty
- Start date
- 1st January 2010
- End date
- 1st January 2013
- Research area
- Innovation in the performing and digital arts
Dr Mark PenningsDetails
This research project builds on the pioneering landmark study The Rise and Fall of Marvellous Melbourne (1978) by Graeme Davison. It seeks to supplement and expand upon Davison's study by providing detailed insights into the lives and social networks of those who constituted that city's identity. The study will cover a range of areas, including manners, street life, popular imagery, literature, architecture, theatre, and sport, so as to bring greater historical insight into the city during the period 1859-1926
Partnerships
- Emeritus Professor Graeme Davison (Former Head of the School of Historical Studies, Faculty of Arts, Monash University)
- Dean Laureate Robert Pascoe (Professor of History, Victoria University)
Publications and output
- Three years of research funding to support this research project.
- The project will also include a QUT postgraduate as a research assistant.
