CASS Researcher awarded fellowship at the NFSA

Dr Marshall Clark has been awarded a Scholars and artists in residence fellowship at the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) for 2013. Dr Clark will be in residence at the NFSA from 1 August to 1 October 2013. 

Clark has been awarded the fellowship for his project: Migrant workers in northern Australia: Representations of pearl divers, trepangers and illegal fishers in Australian film.

Clark's project examines how labour migration has impacted on the societies, cultures and politics of the Asia Pacific region, including Australia. His project will unearth the cultural history of this process, starting at the mid nineteenth century through to the present day and will examine film representations of migrant workers with a particular focus on Northern Australia.

This project forms part of a larger research project on the history and heritage of labour migration in the Asia-Pacific.

Read more about the 2013 NFSA Research Fellows.