[Commlist] PhD Position (full-time, 4 years) on Aesthetic Transformations at Erasmus School of Philosophy

    PhD Position (full-time, 4 years) on Aesthetic Transformations in
    Decolonial Media Practices at Erasmus School of Philosophy


    Application deadline: January 28 2024, 23h55 CET



    The Aesthetic Transformations Project


    Decolonization has become an almost omnipresent cipher in
    contemporary art discourses and increasingly across the humanities.
    On the one hand the “decolonial turn” in the arts and humanities
    signals a reference to these situated struggles against colonial
    violence. On the other hand, its adaptation expresses the importance
    to critically revisit acclaimed practices and sets of knowledge
    considering their (often implicit) colonial heritage.


    While the focus of either approach foregrounds the epistemic
    violence and need for critical revision, they rarely address the
    potential for challenging aesthetic conventions and understandings
    as part of decolonizing practices. Put differently, to decolonize
    means not only to change ways of thinking and doing but also to
    transform ways of sensing and feeling, leading towards a decolonial
    aesthesis.


    A shift in the philosophical vocabulary of aesthetics and the
    effects of aesthetic practices related to decolonial processes
    define the main interest of this PhD-project. Accordingly, the use
    and role of media and their impact on aesthetic experience play a
    central part in these processes. In different struggles for
    decolonization the role of digital platform media exceeds their
    communicational and organizational powers, pertaining to new
    aesthetic approaches that critically challenge Western conventions
    of sensing and sense-making.


    The envisioned PhD project will engage with media aesthetic
    practices in relation to processes of decolonization. It should
    focus on concrete and situated contexts, ideally in resonance with
    perspectives from the Global South, and contribute to a critical
    reworking of Western aesthetic categories and concepts. Translocal
    perspectives and critical reflections of the European context of the
    position’s research environment can be an integral aspect of the
    project.


    The PhD-position is located within the Erasmus School of Philosophy
    (ESPhil) and part of the Human Conditions Research Group. It will
    also be associated with the International Institute of Social
    Studies (ISS) in The Hague. The PhD candidate will be jointly
    supervised by Dr. Christoph Brunner (ESPhil), Dr. Sjoerd van Tuinen
    (ESPhil), and Prof. Dr. Rosalba Icaza Garza (ISS).


    The PhD Project


    The candidate's primary responsibility will be to conduct research
    and write a PhD thesis. The candidate should also contribute to
    development of the field of decolonial perspectives on the
    philosophy of media and technology in other ways, such as by giving
    scholarly presentations and co-organizing reading groups and
    workshops. Furthermore, the PhD candidate will become part of a
    large and diverse community of PhD candidates, and is expected to
    contribute as a junior lecturer to the Erasmus School of
    Philosophy’s (ESPhil) educational programme.



    Job Requirements


    We are looking for a motivated PhD candidate with the following
    background and skills:

      * Completed MA in philosophy or equivalent (i.e., BA in philosophy
        and MA in Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender or Queer
        Studies, STS, Anthropology), with an interest in continental
        philosophy, aesthetic philosophy, philosophy of media and
        technology, feminist philosophies, technofeminism, post-colonial
        theory, and digital cultures. A keen interest in the relation
        between media and processes of decolonization and decolonial
        research methodologies are an advantage. Further the position
        requires:
      * Excellent speaking and writing skills in English,
      * Ideally, language skills concerning the region of interest in
        the Global South,
      * Conceptual capacity, presenting, planning, and organizing and
        monitoring (VSNU competencies for PhDs)
      * An interest to work in teams, build local and international
        networks, and co-organize research workshops and public events.


    Questions concerning the academic scope of the position may be
    directed to Christoph Brunner ((brunner /at/ esphil.eur.nl)
    <mailto:(brunner /at/ esphil.eur.nl)>)


    The full job description, including employment conditions and
    benefits, and the link to the application portal can be found at
    https://www.eur.nl/en/vacancies/phd-position-full-time-4-years-esphil

<athttps://www.eur.nl/en/vacancies/phd-position-full-time-4-years-esphil>.

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