[ecrea] Research Fellow Opportunity - postdoc on Beyond the Metropolis

An opportunity has arisen for a postdoc research fellow to work with me 
on the following project:

"Beyond the Metropolis: Regional Film and Television Clusters in the UK 
outside London", which scopes the location, size and significance of the 
UK’s film and television industries beyond the capital. This will 
include the nations (Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) as well as 
the English regions (e.g. Greater Manchester). The postholder will draw 
together material on concepts of region and place and on how ‘creative 
clusters’ and ‘cultural ecologies’ are thought to function, and 
construct a database of information about regional film and television 
clusters in the UK based outside London, including key companies. You 
will help to formulate the best methodologies (quantitative and 
qualitative) through which to analyse how these clusters work, including 
the historical, social, cultural and political contexts that help shape 
them. You will undertake the organisation, planning and delivery of a 
two-day symposium where these issues will be debated and will assist 
Professor Spicer in the preparation of a major research bid analysing 
regional film and television creative clusters in the UK.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and focused researcher 
to develop work in an evolving interdisciplinary field that draws from 
film and television studies; media industries studies; cultural studies; 
cultural and economic geography; and organisational, business and 
management studies. It is timely and topical given the current concerns 
about regionalism (e.g. Metro Mayors), devolution, and the stated aims 
of the government and major institutions (BBC, Channel 4, BFI) to 
encourage film and television production outside London. You will work 
within the Moving Image Research Unit, which contains a range of staff 
and doctoral students investigating the histories, theories, aesthetics, 
cultures and politics of moving image production, interaction and reception.

The role is .5 for 5 months (1 November 2017 – 31 March 2018) days and 
hours per week by negotiation.

Deadline: 4 October.

Full details are given by following this link:

*https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTY0NzQ2MyZvd25lcj01MDU1Mjc4Jm93bmVydHlwZT1mYWlyJnBvc3RpbmdfY29kZT00OTcmdnRfdGVtcGxhdGU9MTUzOA*


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