[ecrea] Research Fellow post for research project on 'The Aesthetics of Protest' at the University of Brighton, UK

*Research Fellow for 'The Aesthetics of Protest' Project*
https://jobs.brighton.ac.uk/HA4102-16-149

School of Applied Social Science

Location: Brighton - Falmer
Salary: £33,574 to £40,082 per annum
Closing Date: Sunday 03 July 2016
Reference: HA4102-16-149
The School of Applied Social Science is seeking to recruit a full time
Research Fellow for a period of 14 months. We have recently been awarded
funding from the Arts & Humanities Research Council and this post will
work alongside Dr Aidan McGarry, Principal Investigator, on the project:
Aesthetics of Protest: Visual Communication and Culture in Turkey.

The work will focus on the 2013 protests in Turkey, particularly in Gezi
Park in Istanbul. It is an investigation into the aesthetics of protest,
in particular, how protestors use social media to communicate with the
public and each other. Protestors have a range of options open to them
in order to have their voice heard and increasingly use a variety of
strategies in order to communicate their ideas. In this context, protest
atheistics are considered to be the visual, material, textual and
performative elements of protest, such as images, symbols, graffiti,
clothes, and art, and how aesthetics help to constitute new democratic
spaces.

The post holder will be responsible for conducting research on social
media platforms, in Turkish, as well as interviews with activists in
Turkey, it is therefore essential that applicants are fluent in both
Turkish and English. The post is based in Falmer, Brighton, England but
there is expected to be a three month block of time when the post holder
will be working at Bilgi University, Istanbul.

In order to be successful you will have a PhD (or close to completion)
in humanities, communication/media or social science. Sufficient, up to
date breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline and of
research methods and techniques to work within established research
programmes is also required. Excellent communication and strong
networking skills, experience of using social media to gather research
data along with experience of researching social movements or protest
are essential.



The University of Brighton has a Social Movement Research Network which
will help to support the Research Fellow.

Interviews are expected to be held at the end of July and the post will
start on 1st November.

If you have any preliminary enquiries then please contact Dr Aidan
McGarry ((a.mcgarry /at/ brighton.ac.uk) <mailto:(a.mcgarry /at/ brighton.ac.uk)>)

https://jobs.brighton.ac.uk/HA4102-16-149


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