Sorry - just a couple more details:
- The successful candidate will start in April 2018 or as soon as
possible thereafter; there is some room for negotiation.
- The URL for the actual job advert is
*https://careers.brunel.ac.uk/vacancy/postdoctoral-research-associate-iaj00091-336428.html
*
Liana
**
On 10/12/2017 09:15, Liana Chua wrote:
> Dear friends and colleagues,
>
> I'm currently advertising a couple of positions for my new ERC
> Starting Grant - /Refiguring conservation in/for ‘the Anthropocene’:
> the global lives of the orangutan /(2018-2022). The first is a 3-year
> postdoctoral research associate position (see below); please circulate
> this to any interested parties. There's also a PhD post on orangutan
> rescue coming up; details will be circulated in due course!
>
> Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.
>
> Best wishes,
> Liana
>
> --
> Dr Liana Chua
> Senior Lecturer in Anthropology
> Department of Social and Political Sciences
> Brunel University London
> Uxbridge, UB8 3PH
> United Kingdom
> http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/liana-chua
> 44-(0)1895-265429
>
> **Postdoctoral Research Associate: Ethnographic approaches to the
> field of orangutan adoption**
> Anthropology, College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences, Brunel
> University London
>
> Applications are invited for a full-time, three-year postdoctoral
> research associate position that explores forms and ideas of
> relatedness, care and extinction at play in orangutan adoption
> programmes. This position is part of a new European Research
> Council-funded project (Starting Grant),/Refiguring conservation
> in/for ‘the Anthropocene’: the global lives of the orangutan/, which
> will be led by Dr Liana Chua at Brunel University London.
>
> The main project has two key aims: 1) to explore how global
> conservation is being re(con)figured and ‘scaling up’ to meet the
> challenges and possibilities presented by the so-called
> ‘Anthropocene’; and 2) to figure out ‘the Anthropocene’ by examining
> how it is experienced, conceptualized, produced, contested, or refused
> in multiple ethnographic settings. In the process, it seeks to
> generate new conceptual and theoretical optics through which to grasp
> the mutually transformative relation between conservation and ‘the
> Anthropocene’. The postdoctoral associate will be part of a
> four-person research team exploring these questions through an
> unprecedented multi-sited ethnography of the global nexus of orangutan
> conservation.
> *
> What you will be doing:*
> This project seeks to produce an ethnography of the burgeoning field
> of virtual orangutan adoption—a prominent means through which
> orangutan charities raise awareness of the threats facing orangutans,
> and a popular entry point into orangutan conservation and welfare for
> many ordinary supporters in the Global North. This study will examine
> how notions of kinship, relatedness, intimacy and care are negotiated
> in this field, and ask how they shape and are shaped by mounting
> public awareness about extinction, environmental crisis, interspecies
> ethics and ‘the Anthropocene’. This study will be based mainly in the
> UK and involve working with charities and supporters of orangutan causes.
> The successful candidate will be expected to carry out approximately
> 10 months of in-depth ethnographic research, and to participate fully
> in the project’s activities. These will include attending regular
> reading/discussion groups, organising a workshop and conference, and
> carrying out outreach and other public engagement activities. You will
> also have the opportunity to author and co-author open access
> publications based on your research during the life of the project
> (2018-2022).
> *
> Requirements:*
> The successful candidate should hold, or be close to completing, a PhD
> in anthropology or a closely related discipline. You must be able to
> engage critically and creatively with relevant theoretical and
> conceptual frameworks within anthropology, as well as with
> conservation debates and literature. You should also be highly
> motivated, able to work independently and as part of a team, and have
> excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the
> ability to work with a diverse range of individuals and organisations.
> Previous experience of engaging with non-academic parties, such as
> NGOs, is not necessary but would be an advantage.
>
> Potential applicants are welcome to contact Dr Liana Chua
> ([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>) for an
> informal discussion. Interviews will be held in late January/early
> February.
>
> Closing date for applications: /7 January 2018/
>
> For further details and to apply please
> visithttps://careers.brunel.ac.uk <https://careers.brunel.ac.uk/>
>
>
>
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