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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F3864">Expression of Interest: HDR Scholarship in
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F3864">Documenting Loneliness in the Asian-Australian Diasporic Community
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F3864">at Deakin University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">The Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network</span></b><span style="color:#1F3864">
</span><span style="color:black">at Deakin University is seeking EOIs for a fully-funded PhD scholarship that will explore
</span><b><span style="color:#1F3864">loneliness in Asian-Australian diasporic communities.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">Project Details<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The research project draws upon creative ethnography methodologies to explore how loneliness is experienced in Asian-Australian diasporic communities. The project will focus on the Chinese, Indian, and Japanese communities, and within the
demographics of young people (aged 18-25). It will involve focus groups, interviews, story circles to record the way that young Asian-Australians experience loneliness. The data will be drawn upon to create a documentary, an exhibition, and a full length research
monograph<b>.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">Length and amount of Scholarship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Successful candidates will receive scholarships of $28,092 p.a. for 3 years.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The scholarship will start in 2021 and is for full time applicants only.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">What we are looking for<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">We are looking for individuals who are interested in pursuing an empirically-led PhD. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an interest in Asian media and
cultural studies including having worked in/with Asian-Australian communities. Knowledge of documentary filmmaking will also be an advantage.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Applicants are required to have a minimum Honours degree, completed with a First Class result, or equivalent. Due to the impact of COVID-19, we require prospective candidates to hold an Australian
citizenship or international students that are currently in Australia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">About Us<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="color:black">The Asian Media and Cultural Studies network</span></i><span style="color:black"> “undertakes comparative and cross-cultural work, particularly in the areas of digital media production,
youth cultures, national and regional identities and cultures of fame. We explore Asian media and cultural studies from the ‘inside out’, reversing previous core-periphery binaries”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">See</span></b><b><span style="color:black">:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;layout-grid-mode:char"><a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/communication-creative-arts/research/asian-media-and-cultural-studies-network"><b>https://www.deakin.edu.au/communication-creative-arts/research/asian-media-and-cultural-studies-network</b></a><b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">Application dates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An EOI needs to be submitted by <b>May 1<sup>st</sup><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">See</span></b>: <a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/faculties/artsed/research">
https://www.deakin.edu.au/students/faculties/artsed/research</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F3864">In the first instance please contact either<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sean Redmond: <a href="mailto:s.redmond@deakin.edu.au">s.redmond@deakin.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Vikrant Kishore: <a href="mailto:vikrant.kishore@deakin.edu.au">
vikrant.kishore@deakin.edu.au</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jian Xu: <a href="mailto:j.xu@deakin.edu.au">j.xu@deakin.edu.au</a>
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