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The Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Hertfordshire is seeking a full-time PhD student for a fully-funded studentship. The studentship will provide fees and a stipend of approximately 7650 GBP per year for three years (based on 1999/2000 figures). The project will centre on the interpretation of graphical notation systems. The view of what might constitute such a system is broad, including the notation of music and dance, diagrammatic illustrations of mechanical and physical systems, flow diagrams and other forms of representation that influence how we understand abstract ideas. These systems might have a number of different objectives, such as the repetition of content in a performance, the analysis of syntax, the design and evaluation of structures, etc. They may be designed or used by artists and designers, musicians, computer scientists, etc. The researcher will compare the use of these graphical notational systems with other notation in the context in which they occur. The aims will be, first to contribute to our understanding of how these graphical systems function, and, second to assess the contribution they make in terms of content and potential in comparison with the content and potential for communication made by text or other non-graphical means. Summary: "what do graphical notations do that text or other media do not?", and by responding to this question to generate guidance on when these devices would contribute to the effectiveness of communication. Applicants should make informal contact with the provisional supervisors in the first instance: Dr Michael Biggs and Carol Britton. Tel. 01707 285341 e-mail [log in to unmask] http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes/desres/mabiggs/ ************************************************************ Dr Michael A R Biggs Faculty Research Tutor Faculty of Art and Design University of Hertfordshire College Lane, Hatfield, Herts. AL10 9AB United Kingdom Telephone UK+ (0)1707 285341 Fax UK+ (0)1707 285350 E-mail [log in to unmask] Internet http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes/desres/mabiggs The full postgraduate prospectus is available online at http://www.herts.ac.uk/extrel/PGP2000/ For information about art and design research degrees go to http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes/simsim/res/aresatxt.htm and follow "research activities" For information about the "Research into Practice" conference go to http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes/simsim/conex/res2prac/ and follow "exhibitions and conferences" ************************************************************ %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%