A history of women as consumers, 1902-2010

该项目旨在赋予女性自主的历史，作为主动改变家庭领域之外空间的消费者。通过对菲律宾精英和移民妇女的案例研究，以及妇女杂志、“移民档案”、访谈和民族志测绘，该项目将撰写一部关于20世纪妇女消费行为对经济、商业和消费空间影响的历史。该项目旨在挑战这样一种观点，即认为女性在菲律宾经济史上处于边缘地位，或者对她们移民的国家几乎没有影响。这可以提高澳大利亚在亚洲妇女领域的声誉，促进国际合作。

This project aims to give women their own autonomous history as proactive consumers altering spaces outside the domestic sphere. Using a case study of Filipino elite and migrant women, and women’s magazines, ‘migrant archives’, interviews and ethnographic mapping, the project will write a history of the influence of women’s consumption practices on the economy, business and spaces of consumption in the twentieth century. The project aims to challenge the view of women as peripheral to the Philippines’ economic history or having little influence on countries to which they migrated. This could enhance Australia’s reputation in the field of women in Asia and foster international collaboration.