Remaking the Australian environment through documentary film and television

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Monash University

This project aims to investigate how documentary film, television and online media have transformed our sense of the Australian environment since the 1950s. The project will produce a historicised account of how media has fashioned contemporary environmental consciousness. Expected outcomes include environmental knowledge and social action, collaborations between media producers, scientists and educators, and attention to the role of Indigenous knowledge practices in relation to the environment. The project will enhance understanding of the significance of environmental documentaries in shaping practical and imaginative responses to a world undergoing transformation.

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Historicising David Attenborough’s Nature: Nation, Continent, Country and Environment
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Journal article
Authors
Smaill, B
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Celebrity studies
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Australian Environments on Screen
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Website
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Belinda Smaill, Therese Davis, Chris Healy, Melanie Ashe, Simon Troon, Taylor Mitchell, Max Schleser
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Australian Environments on Screen
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Petromodernity, the environment and historical film culture
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Journal article
Authors
Smaill, B
Publisher
Screen
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©The Author(s)2021.Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Screen. All rights reserved doi:10.1093/screen/hjab002