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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Australian Research Council funded Linkage Project - Creating the Bilbao Effect: The Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) and the Social and Cultural Coordinates of Urban Regeneration Through Arts
Tourism ($32,892pa tax-free)</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; "> </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">We are seeking applications to this high profile and exciting new project from students with a range of possible backgrounds including </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; ">social
anthropology, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; ">tourist studies, sociology,</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; "> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px; ">urban studies, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt; ">cultural
studies, human geography, regional studies and others, and with interests in cultural tourism, art tourism, cultural policy, cultural and creative industries and tourism theory. They will be based in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Tasmania with excellent
access to MONA and key tourism organisations and sites. They will join a team of two other PhDs and one Research Associate attached to the project. Here is an opportunity to conduct research within a major Australian Research Council Linkage Project with
enthusiastic industry partners. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">You will work with mostly with Prof Adrian Franklin on the nature of tourism to MONA and its impact on the wider tourism field. We are interested in understanding how tourists engage with MONA
(at its main museum as well as its various arts and music activities) and <i>how</i> its success might built on by other tourism sectors, particularly nature tourism and heritage tourism.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">The project is led by Prof. Adrian Franklin (University of Tasmania) with fellow Chief Investigators Prof. Justin O’Connor (Monash University) and Prof. Nikos Papastergiadis (University of Melbourne).
Industry partners are MONA itself, Hobart City Council, Glenorchy City Council and the Tasmanian Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Arts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Further details from: <o:p></o:p></span><a href="http://www.utas.edu.au/research/graduate-research/elite/mona-phd-scholarship" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: purple; font-size: 15px; ">http://www.utas.edu.au/research/graduate-research/elite/mona-phd-scholarship</a></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Arial; ">Enquiries to Professor Adrian Franklin: <a href="mailto:Adrian.Franklin@utas.edu.au">Adrian.Franklin@utas.edu.au</a></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; "><span style="color: rgb(252, 34, 24); "> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; ">Adrian Franklin</span></b><b style="font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; "><span style="color: rgb(252, 34, 24); ">|</span> Professor
of Sociology</span></b><b style="font-size: 11pt; "><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; "> <span style="color: rgb(252, 34, 24); ">|</span> University of Tasmania</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size: 7.5pt; ">School of Social Sciences</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 7.5pt; ">Private Bag 22 <span style="color: rgb(252, 34, 24); ">|</span> Hobart TAS 7001 <span style="color: rgb(252, 34, 24); ">|</span> Australia</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 7.5pt; ">Tel: +61 3 6226 7241 <span style="color: rgb(252, 34, 24); ">|</span> </span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; "><br>
</span><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; ">Email: Adrian.Franklin@utas.edu.au</span></p>
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