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> From: Jeroen de Kloet <[log in to unmask]>
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> The University of Amsterdam is currently looking for four PhD students and
> one postdoc in the field of Asian cultural studies. It concerns a project
> funded by the European Research Council (ERC), ChinaCreative, on
> creativity and creative cultures in China.
>
> Details of these positions can be found here:
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> PhD positions
> <http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-231.html
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> Postdoc position
> <http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-230.html
>
> Application deadline is August 15.
>
> ChinaCreative explores the histories, meanings and implications of
> creativity in the context of China. With its emergence as a global power,
> China aspires to move from a ¡°made in China¡± to a ¡°created in China¡±
> country. Creativity and culture have become a crucial source for
> innovation and financial growth, but are also mobilised to promote a new
> and open China to both the citizenry and the outside world. They are part
> of what is termed China¡¯s ¡°soft power¡±. This project aims to analyse
> claims of creativity in different cultural practices, and to analyse how
> emerging creativities in China are part of tactics of governmentality and
> disable or enable possibilities of criticality. Using a comparative,
> multi-disciplinary, multi-method and multi-sited research design, four PhD
> subprojects analyse (PhD 1) contemporary art, (PhD 2) calligraphy, (PhD 3)
> independent documentary cinema (all in Beijing), (PhD 4) Hunan Satellite
> Television (in Changsha). In addition, one postdoc project studies ¡°fake¡±
> (shanzhai) art (in Shenzhen). Methods involve a combination of visual and
> aesthetic analysis, ethnography, mobile methods and cultural mapping. The
> candidates will be based in Amsterdam and conduct at least ten months of
> fieldwork in China.
>
> Further details of the project can be read here
> <http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/news/item/erc-grant-for-chinacreative.h
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> With best regards,
> Jeroen de Kloet
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