[ecrea] PhD Scholarship: The Moral and Cultural Economy of the Mobile Phone in the Pacific

Please see below a call for Expressions of Interest for a PhD Scholarship
at the Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University Australia.

The PhD scholarship is part of a comparative ARC-funded project with Prof.
Robert Foster on mobile phones in Fiji and Papua New Guinea. For further
details see:http://www.digital-ethnography.net/projects/#Moral

Please feel free to circulate this call and/or contact me with additional
questions.

Best Wishes,
Heather
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PhD Scholarship: The Moral and Cultural Economy of the Mobile Phone in Fiji
EOI closing date: 30 March 2014

This three-year scholarship is for a PhD candidate who will conduct
ethnographic field research for a study of the moral and cultural economy
of the mobile phone in Fiji. S/he will spend at least 12 months over the
three years of candidature in Fiji documenting and analysing the
relationships between consumers, companies, and state agents that take
shape around mobile phones, digital media and infrastructures. The
candidate will carry out research based on his or her specific expertise
and research interests while also contributing a key component to a broader
comparative study with Papua New Guinea funded by the Australian Research
Council (ARC) Discovery Grant The Moral and Cultural Economy of the Mobile
Phone in the Pacific. The candidate will also become a Postgraduate Member
of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre.

Eligible candidates will have a BA with Honours or MA/MsC (Research) in
Anthropology, Sociology, Media, Communication, Science and Technology
Studies, Informatics/Information or other related discipline. Candidates
must be willing to undertake ethnographic fieldwork in Fiji and be willing
to learn the language of their fieldwork site. Pending final approval, the
Scholarship will include a tax-free stipend of $24,653 per year for three
years (July 2014 to June 2016) and project-related research expenses.
Please note that all applicants will need to apply for and be accepted to
the PhD program in Media and Communication at RMIT University to be
eligible for the scholarship. Application details, including details and
deadlines for RTS placement for Australian and New Zealand citizens and
possible tuition fees for International candidates, can be found here.

Initial expressions of interest, including a CV and 500-word initial
project proposal should be sent before 30 March 2014 to Dr. Heather Horst
with the subject line PHD Scholarship EOI


Heather A. Horst
Associate Professor
Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow
Director, Digital Ethnography Research Centre
School of Media and Communication
City Campus, Bldg 9, Level 4
RMIT University
Melbourne Victoria 3001
Australia

Phone: +61 3 9925 3988
Email:(heather.horst /at/ rmit.edu.au)
Web: *http://heatherhorst.com/  <http://heatherhorst.com/>*

Digital Ethnography Research Centre:
http://www.digital-ethnography.net/


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