Picturing conflict: war and art in Southeast Asian cultures. As Australia’s population diversifies to include millions of people of Southeast Asian descent, this project seeks to deepen understanding

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Picturing conflict: war and art in Southeast Asian cultures. As Australia’s population diversifies to include millions of people of Southeast Asian descent, this project seeks to deepen understanding of experiences of war in Southeast Asia. The project expects to generate the first history of Southeast Asian war art, applying innovative interdisciplinary research methods—in art and military history, area studies and curatorial practice—to investigate creative and commemorative responses to war. Expected outcomes include an enhanced national war art collection, enriched by regional collaboration and research-led development. This should significantly benefit the Australian community by generating and communicating more inclusive narratives around the experience of war and conflict in our region.. Scheme: Linkage Projects. Field: 3601 - Art History, Theory and Criticism. Lead: Dr Ellen Kent