One or more of these may have links to your interests. Please do circulate 
widely.

Please circulate widely:

PRODUCTIVE MARGINS STUDENTSHIPS
Productive Margins <www.bristol.ac.uk/productive-margins> is an innovative
new collaboration between communities in Bristol and South Wales and
academics at the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff which will co-produce
research about new forms of engagement in decision-making across politics,
policy and the arts. The programme has three main themes: mobilising
neighbourhoods, spaces of dissent and harnessing digital spaces.

We are now advertising for three ESRC funded PhD studentships, one attached 
to each theme. Each studentship is for a +3 award, and will commence on 
September 23rd 2013. The successful applicants will be able to pursue their 
own doctoral research whilst working as part of the multi-disciplinary 
Productive Margins team.

For each studentship an outline project has been agreed as art of the 
initial bid. Applicants should submit a research proposal of no more than 
1,000 words in response.

The studentships are as follows:

MOBILISING NEIGHBOURHOODS
This Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM) studentship aims to use 
quantitative techniques and analysis of existing datasets to explore the 
neighbourhood (and other) linkages that (dis)enable individuals considered 
to be living on the margins. Further details at 
<http://www.bristol.ac.uk/cmm/aqm/supervisors/manley.html>. The deadline 
for applications for this studentship is 14th February 2013. This 
studentship is eligible for an enhanced stipend.

SPACES OF DISSENT
This is a collaborative studentship with Coexist, a community interest 
company in Stokes Croft, Bristol. The project begins from the assumption 
that Coexist exemplifies the new emphasis on 'resilience' as the way we 
should live. For more details see 
<http://www.bristol.ac.uk/fssl/swdtc/docs/dissent.pdf>. The deadline for 
applications for this studentship is 1st March 2013.

HARNESSING DIGITAL SPACE
This is a collaborative studentship with Knowle West Media Centre, which 
performs a wide social, cultural and educational role in a community of 
high deprivation in south Bristol <www.kwmc.org.uk>. This studentship is 
predicated on the view that governance and regulation is increasingly 
data-driven, and there is a need to democratise this process by enabling 
people to design, gather and reflect on data themselves. For more details 
see <http://www.bristol.ac.uk/fssl/swdtc/docs/digital.pdf>. The deadline 
for applications for this studentship is 1st March 2013.



Successful candidates will receive full UK/EU tuition fees plus a Doctoral 
Stipend equal to the UK Research Council National Minimum (£13,590 p.a. for 
2012/13) for three years. Candidates will also have access to an annual 
Research and Training support grant of £750.  The Mobilising Neighbourhoods 
studentship will also receive an Enhanced Doctoral Stipend exceeding the UK 
Research Council National Minimum (£16,590 p.a. for 2012/13). For details 
on eligibility please see 
<http://www.esrc.ac.uk/funding-and-guidance/funding-opportunities/looking-for-funding/eligibility.aspx>

To make an application, please go to 
http://www.bris.ac.uk/prospectus/postgraduate/2013/apply.html.  Please 
ensure that you indicate your interest in one of the Productive Margins 
studentships, and which theme.

Angela Piccini

----------------------
A A Piccini
Senior Lecturer in Screen Media
Programme Director MA Archaeology for Screen Media
School of Arts
University of Bristol
Cantocks Close, Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UP

2013: Visiting Scholar
University of British Columbia
Department of Anthropology
6303 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1

T: +1 778-710-0487
E: [log in to unmask]
Twitter: @AAPiccini / @OlympicCityScre
Skype: aapiccini
W: www.bris.ac.uk/drama/staff/angela-piccini/

--------------------------
contemp-hist-arch is a list for news and events
in contemporary and historical archaeology, and
for announcements relating to the CHAT conference group.
-------
For email subscription options see:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/archives/contemp-hist-arch.html
-------
Visit the CHAT website for more information and for future meeting dates:
http://www.contemp-hist-arch.ac.uk
--------------------------