Leighann Neilson, Carleton University

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Consuming the past: family history, place attachment and identity re-formation
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$24,018

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Consuming the past: family history, place attachment and identity re-formation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Neilson, Leighann C.

Keywords: marketing research; family history; genealogy; consumer culture theory; consumer research; roots tourism; not-for-profit marketing; Web 2.0; identity narratives

$24,018

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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