The School of Geography, Politics and Sociology are looking to appoint a Post-doctoral Research Associate for a period of 10 months, on a project entitled: Urban Memory, Nostalgia and Use of the City Amongst Ex-residents of Tyneside.
This research will address issues of memory and myths of place amongst those who have left the city. It will bring together a new body of work on nostalgia and memory with the study of counter-urbanisation and the use of city space. Drawing on interviews and mental mapping techniques this research project will investigate how memory and nostalgia shape both the representation of the city and the way it is accessed and used by ex-residents.
Salary: Up to £28,839 per annum
Closing Date: 27 November 2009
This post is full time and fixed term for up to 10 months
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Alastair Bonnett (PI)
Professor of Social Geography
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
England NE1 7RU
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