Forwarded email from David Harvey <[log in to unmask]>:
[While these two AHRC-funded positions (a PhD studenthip and a Postdoc) are
based in cultural geography (examining the geographies of public creative
art practice) rather than archaeology, David writes that some subsribers to
the CHAT list might be interested in applying, and asks that the details
are forwarded to anyone who may be interested. DH]
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PhD Studentship
Cultural Geographies of Public Art: Creative Industries and the ‘Region’
School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, Exeter University
Funded by AHRC
To be advertised on http://www.jobs.ac.uk shortly
During the last ten years, the creative industries have moved from the
fringe to the heart of the UK economy. In addition to this economic
importance, the link between the creative arts and the social health of the
nation has been championed. As a result, urban regeneration projects have
incorporated public art at a variety of scales from the
flagship 'institutional' public art that is incorporated into large-scale
urban developments, to 'neighbourhood' pubic art regeneration projects that
articulate a community driven participatory approach (Hall, 1995, 1997;
Hall and Robertson, 2001; Matarasso,1997; Dwelly, 2001).
The South West has received significant 'institutional' and 'neighbourhood'
regional public arts funding in recent years (largely focused around
Bristol, and at other sites of urban regeneration). In addition, informal
acts of creative making have become 'public' in unexpected ways. Some of
these acts have included approaches linked to 'new genre' public art that
has developed from a critique of large-scale economic regeneration driven
projects (Deutsche, 1991, Lacy 1995, Wainwright, 1997). 'New genre' public
art addresses the promotion of social and ecological well being at a local
level, often articulating issues of uneven development and marginalisation.
This project studentship will analyse the 'making of public art' in the
South West. It will develop the relational framework to firstly address the
act of making of those engaged in creating art that is destined for
publicly available display spaces (including an examination of
commissioning processes alongside the artistic production of the works
themselves). Secondly it will address the act of making meaning by members
of the public who engage with art in the spaces in which it is displayed.
It is anticipated that these publicly available display spaces will include
urban centres, but will also address the unexpected spaces of display (the
motorway, the rural lane, the beach).
NB: This studentship is linked to an AHRC-funded Research Project entitled:
Negotiating the cultural politics and poetics of identity within the
creative industries of South West Britain. For more detailed information
about this project, see the PDF file at:
http://www.sogaer.ex.ac.uk/geography/pdf_files/AHRC%20Outline%20Proposal.pdf
The studentship is due to commence 1 October 2007, and will be full time
for three years.
Further details are available from Dr David Harvey: telephone +44 (0) 1392
263330; e-mail [log in to unmask] or Dr Nicola Thomas: telephone +44
(0) 1392 264449; e-mail [log in to unmask]
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Associate Research Fellow – Cultural Geography
School of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, Exeter University
To be advertised on http://www.jobs.ac.uk very shortly
We are seeking to appoint an Associate Research Fellow to work with Dr
David Harvey and Dr Nicola Thomas on a project funded by the Arts and
Humanities Research Council (AHRC), entitled: Negotiating the cultural
politics and poetics of identity within the creative industries of South
West Britain.
The ‘South West’ incorporates a diverse geographical area (from
Gloucestershire, to Cornwall, to Dorset), which has no distinctive
territorial identity, yet encompasses many strong place-based local
identities. These identities are often represented through the creative
industries, some of which have deeply embedded roots and continue to exert
a powerful imaginary, influencing the production and consumption of
creative work and attracting makers to the area. The aim of this project
is to configure a new relational understanding of place that stresses the
spatial connections and the relational identities that are practiced by
makers within the creative industries, and the broader institutional
context they are increasingly cast in. By moving the focus away from the
policy driven demands of the creative economy towards a focus on
understanding the acts of creativity undertaken, we aim to understand how
creative makers negotiate their place in the ‘becoming’ of the region of SW
Britain.
The three inter-related objectives are:
• To trace the biographies of creative making and makers in the South
West
• To understand the relational nature of identities that are
negotiated and contested through the practices of creative making in the
South West
• To assess the construction of ‘new regionalism’ in the South West
in relation to the creative industries
For more detailed information about this project, see the PDF file at:
http://www.sogaer.ex.ac.uk/geography/pdf_files/AHRC%20Outline%20Proposal.pdf
The position is due to commence 1 October 2007 or as soon as possible
thereafter for 36 months. Applicants should have a PhD in Geography or
related discipline, and a clear understanding of the current research in
Cultural Geography. The post-holder will be responsible for the primary
data collection and analysis, and will be jointly responsible for the
writing of articles and the writing and presentation of conference papers.
The successful applicant will be an employee of the University of Exeter.
To apply please send a completed application form to Helen Pisarska, School
of Geography, Archaeology and Earth Resources, University of Exeter, Amory
Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ or email
[log in to unmask] Further details are available from Dr David
Harvey: telephone +44 (0) 1392 263330; e-mail [log in to unmask] or Dr
Nicola Thomas: telephone +44 (0) 1392 264449; e-mail
[log in to unmask] Closing date for completed applications is
12th July 2006. We expect to hold interviews in Exeter on 27th July 2007.
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