MCLC: Amsterdam positions

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Jeroen de Kloet <b.j.dekloet at uva.nl>
Subject: Amsterdam positions
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The University of Amsterdam is currently looking for four PhD students and
one postdoc in the field of Asian cultural studies. It concerns a project
funded by the European Research Council (ERC), ChinaCreative, on
creativity and creative cultures in China.

Details of these positions can be found here:

PhD positions 
<http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-231.html
> 

Postdoc position 
<http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-230.html
> 

Application deadline is August 15.

ChinaCreative explores the histories, meanings and implications of
creativity in the context of China. With its emergence as a global power,
China aspires to move from a “made in China” to a “created in China”
country. Creativity and culture have become a crucial source for
innovation and financial growth, but are also mobilised to promote a new
and open China to both the citizenry and the outside world. They are part
of what is termed China’s “soft power”. This project aims to analyse
claims of creativity in different cultural practices, and to analyse how
emerging creativities in China are part of tactics of governmentality and
disable or enable possibilities of criticality. Using a comparative,
multi-disciplinary, multi-method and multi-sited research design, four PhD
subprojects analyse (PhD 1) contemporary art, (PhD 2) calligraphy, (PhD 3)
independent documentary cinema (all in Beijing), (PhD 4) Hunan Satellite
Television (in Changsha). In addition, one postdoc project studies  “fake”
(shanzhai) art (in Shenzhen). Methods involve a combination of visual and
aesthetic analysis, ethnography, mobile methods and cultural mapping. The
candidates will be based in Amsterdam and conduct at least ten months of
fieldwork in China.

Further details of the project can be read here
<http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/news/item/erc-grant-for-chinacreative.h
tml> 

With best regards,
Jeroen de Kloet
 
http://www.jeroendekloet.nl/