[csaa-forum] Please circulate - PhD scholarship

[Martin Thomas]

Call for Expressions of Interest
 
PhD Scholarship based in PARADISEC, University of Sydney
 
A doctoral stipend of $27,222 pa for up to three years has been created by
the ARC Discovery Project ŒIntercultural inquiry in a trans-national
context: Exploring the legacy of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific
Expedition to Arnhem Land¹ (DP1096897). The grant is the initiative of Dr
Martin Thomas (ARC Future Fellow, School of History, ANU and Hon. Assoc.
Professor, PARADISEC, USyd), Assoc. Professor Linda Barwick (Director of
PARADISEC, USyd) and Professor Allan Marett (Emeritus Professor of
Musicology, USyd). The project involves investigation of the enduring legacy
of the historic 1948 Arnhem Land Expedition which resulted in substantial
collections of still photography, film, sound recordings, visual art and
material culture, now held in museums, art galleries and libraries in
Australia and the United States. A major component of the research is to
repatriate digital copies of these data to community-based digital knowledge
centres in Arnhem Land where they will become readily available to
Traditional Owners for educational and other purposes. The Doctoral Student
will study the contemporary impacts of repatriating historic archival data
to Aboriginal communities in west Arnhem Land. S/he will be hosted by
Gundjeihmi Aboriginal Corporation in the town of Jabiru in Kakadu National
Park, which is approximately 40 minutes drive from Gunbalanya (aka
Oenpelli), the third and final base of the Arnhem Land Expedition. The
Student will be expected to spend substantial periods of time in Jabiru
where a new digital knowledge centre is being established. Travel to
northern Australia and substantial support for the fieldwork will be covered
by the ARC funding.
 
The digital knowledge repository will be a major case study for the project.
The Doctoral Student will directly contribute to the centre and from this
position develop contacts within the Aboriginal communities of west Arnhem
Land and Kakadu National Park. They will study the relationships between
Western media and the traditional cultures of the area. This will advance
one of the core objectives of the project: to better understand Œthe meaning
and value of repatriation by analysing how data are received, interpreted
and deployed¹. 
 
The project is interdisciplinary in scope and we hope that applicants from a
range of fields in the humanities and social sciences will be interested in
this opportunity. Scholars from musicology, history, performance studies,
linguistics, anthropology, media and cultural studies are welcome to apply.
This list is suggestive, not prescriptive. The choice of Supervisor and
Associate Supervisor will depend upon the disciplinary background of the
successful applicant. A readiness to work collaboratively with Aboriginal
communities and with other members of the research team is a basic
requirement. A high level of computer literacy is also essential.
Applications close on 15 June 2010.
 
(see <http://agile2.ucc.usyd.edu.au/ro/opportunities/scholarships/490>)
 
The approved applicant will be required to meet the normal requirements for
enrolment in a postgraduate research degree in the relevant department of
the Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney. For further information on
application procedures see
http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/future_students/courses/postgraduate/research.sh
tml 
<http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/future_students/courses/postgraduate/research.s
html> , or contact arts.postgraduate at sydney.edu.au. The Arts Postgraduate
Handbook contains details about the application process and requirements
http://www.usyd.edu.au/handbooks/handbooks_admin/arts_PG.shtml.
 
Inquiries about the scholarship should be directed in the first instance to
Linda Barwick (Linda.Barwick at sydney.edu.au) and Martin Thomas
(m.thomas at anu.edu.au).

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