[Commlist] two postdoctoral positions at the University of Barcelona: Visual Trust

This message is to announce the publication of *two postdoctoral positions
(2-3- years) *within the *ERC-Consolidator Grant Project VISUAL
TRUST:* *Reliability,
accountability and forgery in scientific, religious and social images* (IP:
Roger Canals, 2021-2026).

This project is funded by the European Research Council. Its main objective
is to analyse through a qualitative, comparative and bottom-up approach,
the relationships of (mis)trust that individuals from different
socio-cultural milieu establish with “social”, “religious” and “scientific”
images. This research will be conducted on-line and off-line through
audio-visual research methods along the lines of Visual Anthropology and
Multi-Modal Anthropology. It will lead to several research outcomes (films,
articles, book chapters, among others).


*These positions are related to the study of images of outer space and of
medical images. *
Candidates need to have a background in the specific fields
(physics/astronomy, medicine/medical research) as well as in
Anthropology/Social Sciences/ STS Studies, and in Visual Research. They
need to have practical and theoretical knowledge in cinema, photography and
image-editing.

Here is the website of the project:

www.visualtrust.ub.edu

These postdoctoral researchers will be part of a research team based at the
Faculty of Geography and History at the University of Barcelona.

Here are the details of the two positions:

*- Task 3.1: (Mis)Trust in images of outer space: visual and data-evidence,
imagination & knowledge, and the scientific aesthetics.*

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/853637


*- (Mis)Trust in medical images: prediction, scientific aesthetics &
ethics, and modes of visual intervention in healing processes. *

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/853687

Please submit by *16-12-2022 (23h Barcelona-time) *your CV, application
letter, and 2 recommendation letters to the following email address:
(pr.visualtrust /at/ ub.edu)

*Feel free to circulate this call among your colleagues and students. *

For further information please contact Raquel Cañadas: (rcanadas /at/ ub.edu)


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