Responsible heritage: imagining Will
PhD Thesis
Title | Responsible heritage: imagining Will |
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Type | PhD Thesis |
Authors | |
Author | Keenan, Valerie Elizabeth |
Supervisor | Stewart, Robyn |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Qualification Name | Doctor of Philosophy |
Number of Pages | 180 |
Year | 2009 |
Abstract | The dissertation and associated exhibition of artworks developed for this study are inspired by a collection of 74 hand written letters (Henry 1896-1906) penned by a late nineteenth-century Queensland grazier, my great-uncle, William Henry (Figure 1). The letters were written to his An overarching concept, a cabinet of curiosities, is intended to act as a broad structure and point of My research focuses on cultural aspects that are mentioned in the collection of letters using objects, words and imagery as a means to analyse the way in which society presents or projects itself. I maintain that to experience society is to experience more than can be captured in words In this context, this study seeks to extend cultural and social understanding through the reevaluation |
Keywords | family history; cultural history |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360104. Visual cultures |
430302. Australian history | |
Byline Affiliations | Faculty of Arts |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0x18/responsible-heritage-imagining-will
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