Hi everyone,
Please could you circulate this message to anyone who might
be interested in working on this research project.
Many thanks,
Hayden Lorimer
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Research Assistant - University of Aberdeen
'Pedestrian geographies: walking, knowing and placing
Scotland's mountains'
Department of Geography and Environment
Department of Anthropology
Applications are invited for this ESRC-funded project,
which will explore how outdoor knowledges, practices and
identities are formed and used among recreational
hill-walkers on Scotland's mountains.
The Research Associate will gather observational data,
including digital recordings and photographs, during a
series of summer and winter hill-walking outings. They will
also co-ordinate focus groups and collaborate in the
analysis and writing up of the project.
A postgraduate qualification in a social science
discipline and experience of qualitative research methods
in social settings is desirable. An interest in issues of
place and landscape, environmental sustainability and
nature-culture relations would be advantageous, as would an
enthusiasm for walking.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Hayden Lorimer (tel:
01224 272339; e-mail: [log in to unmask]) and Professor
Tim Ingold (tel: 01224 274350; e-mail: [log in to unmask]).
Further particulars can also be obtained from Hayden
Lorimer.
Appointment will be for a fixed term of 12 months
commencing June 2001 and the salary will be on the Research
and Analogous 1B scale, £16,775 to £18,731 per annum.
Applications in the form of a curriculum vitae, letter of
application and the names and addresses of three referees
who can be contacted immediately should be sent to Dr
Hayden Lorimer, Department of Geography and Environment,
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UF.
The closing date for applications is 4th May 2001
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Dr Hayden Lorimer
Department of Geography and Environment
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB24 3UF
Tel: 01224 272339
Fax: 01224 272331
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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