The School is proud to congratulate Mirjana Lozanovska and David Beynon on winning an ARC Discovery Grant for their involvement in the collaborative research project entitled “Architecture and industry: The migrant contribution to nation-building” led by the University of Melbourne. The grant of $344,741 was awarded to Anoma Pieri, Mirjana Lozanovska (Deakin); Andrew Saniga; David Beynon and Alexandra Dellios.
“Architecture and industry: the migrant contribution to nation-building.” aims to explore the post-war architectural, rural and industrial landscapes of Australia as shaped by the labour of displaced persons. Migrants after the Second World War were critical to the spatial making of modern Australia. Major federally-funded industries driving post-war nation-building programs depended on the employment of large numbers of war-displaced persons. While the immigrant contribution to nation-building in cultural terms is well-known, its everyday spatial, architectural and landscape transformations remain unexamined. This project brings to the foreground post-war industry and immigration to comprehensively document how Australia has uniquely shaped its built environment.
The project has hosted two research symposiums related to migration and architecture this far. The 2017 Symposium focussed on academic research and paper presentations, with a keynote by the eminent Professor Ghassan Hage. The 2018 Workshop engaged with institutions and organisations, including the Immigration Museum, Dandenong and Geelong City Councils. Both symposiums had a productive dialogue with representatives and academics researching in this area to further inform their research.
Both research events have been funded by Alfred Deakin Institute for Globalization and Citizenship and the symposium catalogues are attached for your interest.
