[ecrea] Researcher for Playing the Archive

We are recruiting a researcher for Playing the Archive, a new EPSRC 
project on play led by UCL Institute of Education, with the Bartlett 
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), the university of 
Sheffield, the Bodleian and the V&A Museum of Childhood. The 
researcher's main role is to build 3D environments with CASA for a VR 
installation at the Museum of Childhood.

Job details at 
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/casa/news/2017/may/casa-recruiting-research-associate-playing-archive

Project details at 
https://darecollaborative.net/2017/04/03/playing-the-archive/

+++++++++++++

CASA is recruiting: Research Associate, Playing The Archive

CASA is recruiting for a new Research Associate for the upcoming 
'Playing The Archive' Project.



10 May 2017

CASA is pleased to invite applications for a new Post Doctoral Research 
Associate post, to work on our upcoming project 'Playing The Archive.' 
Playing the Archive is a new, EPSRC-funded programme led by Professor 
Andrew Burn of the UCL Institute for Education and involving expertise 
from the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis and the 
University of Sheffield.

Play is a universal human activity in all communities, cultures and 
periods of history. In play, cultural memories are given shape and 
passed down from generation to generation. However, we face many 
challenges in supporting play in today's society. Playing the Archive 
will digitise and transform an important resource of cultural memory at 
the Bodleian Libraries: a collection of accounts of play from 20,000 UK 
children in the 1950s and 60's by folklorists Iona and Peter Opie. The 
project will create a virtual, immersive world enabling users both old 
and young to playfully engage with the archive, experiencing 1950-60s 
play as Virtual Reality (VR), freely available to visitors at the V&A 
Museum of Childhood in London, and the Weston Park Museum in Sheffield. 
Using ideas created in the other parts of the project, we will build two 
experimental playgrounds in regeneration sites in Sheffield (the Park 
Hill estate) and London (the Queen Elizabeth II Olympic Park). These 
playgrounds will use innovative approaches to playspace and equipment, 
but also incorporate 'smart' objects linking physical play to the 
historic objects in the archives of the Bodleian and the V&A Museum of 
Childhood.

This post is expected to commence on 1st August 2017 and is funded for 2 
years in the first instance. Applications close on 11th June. Further 
details and information on how to apply can be found on the UCL jobs 
website: UCL Jobs Website: 
https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTY0NTA3NyZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT05NjUmb3duZXI9NTA0MTE3OCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnZhY2Zpcm0udmFjdGl0bGU9cmVzZWFyY2ggYXNzb2NpYXRlJnBvc3RpbmdfY29kZT0yMjQ=

---------------
The COMMLIST
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier. Please
use it responsibly and wisely.
--
To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit http://commlist.org/
--
Before sending a posting request, please always read the guidelines at
http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://nicocarpentier.net
---------------