AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award, Beyond Text programme
Perception and wellbeing: a cross-disciplinary approach to experiencing art in the museum
Departments of Museum Studies & Engineering/The Art Fund
Can the viewing of publically displayed art improve or even change lives? This project aims to combine approaches from neuroscience, aesthetics and anthropology to explore, contextualise and explain art perception and response, and short- and long-term impacts on well-being, in public display spaces. Combining data collected using an eye-tracker with ethnographic observations, the project will transgress will challenge existing disciplinary boundaries in studying the perception of art objects, and form a new framework for research in this area. The project will contribute to understanding of the impact of public art across a range of academic subjects and in museum and gallery practice.
We invite applications from outstanding graduates for a full-time, three-year PhD studentship, starting in October 2008. The project will be co-supervised by Dr Sandra Dudley & Prof Rodrigo Quian Quiroga at the University of Leicester, and David Barrie, Director of The Art Fund, the UK's leading independent art charity.
Further information on the project and details of how to apply can be found at http://www.le.ac.uk/museumstudies/AHRCCollaborativeStudentshipwithArtFund.html. To discuss the project informally, please contact Dr Sandra Dudley, [log in to unmask]
This is one of six studentships awarded nationally under the AHRC's Beyond Text programme. Further information on this programme can be found at http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/apply/research/sfi/ahrcsi/beyond_text_sounds_voices_images_objects.asp
Candidates must meet the AHRC's academic and other eligibility criteria (see 'Guide for Applicants for Postgraduate Awards in the Arts and Humanities: The Doctoral Awards Scheme' on www.ahrc.ac.uk). The studentship covers fees and the standard AHRC annual maintenance grant, plus an additional annual £1,500 maintenance payment provided by the AHRC and the Art Fund.
The deadline for Applications is Friday 4 July 2008. Candidates may be required to attend for interview on Monday 14 July 2008.
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Dr. Ross Parry
Senior Lecturer / Programme Director - Digital Heritage
Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester
105 Princess Road East, Leicester, LE1 7LG, UK
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New Masters programme (by distance learning) in 'Digital Heritage'
http://www.le.ac.uk/ms/study/digitalheritage.html
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