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UWE is offering a part-time PhD Studentship in Popular Music and Everyday Life as part of the Bristol Live Independent Music Archive Project (BLIMA).
The Studentship comprises an annual bursary of £3,000 plus tuition fees paid for up to five years.
About: BLIMA has been set up to compile an archive of the city of Bristol’s live independent music scene, from 1950 to the present. The archive is to be an invaluable resource for researchers and historians of popular culture, music, and everyday life. It contains primary materials connected to live events held at venues through the city. Contributions could involve such activities as conducting interviews, organising research events, collecting and collating archival material.
Applications
Applications are invited from candidates who wish to conduct research in one or more of the following areas:
– Live performance and locality
– Music as everyday experience
– Identity and hybridity
– Genre and independence in music
The candidate will focus all or part of their research upon Bristol’s live music scene (past or present). They will usually be expected to hold an MA in a related field, and should have some experience of ethnographic research practices.
Study will commence in October 2010 and the candidate should be resident in Bristol for the duration of the bursary.
The candidate should contribute an average of three hours per week to the BLIMAproject and also participate in the work of UWE’s Cultural History Research Group
Applications should include a letter of support from an academic referee and an up to date CV.
Deadline for applications : 19th August
Interviews: early September
Please contact Caterina Vettori for an application form fcapostgraduate@ uwe.ac.uk
PhD Supervision
The PhD will be supervised by Dr. Rehan Hyder, whose research specialisms include ethnicity and popular music. Work on BLIMA will be supervised by Michelle Henning, and the Director of Studies will be Professor Jon Dovey, Director of the Digital Cultures Research Centre. Enquiries about the BLIMA and the field of study may be directed to: Michelle.Henning@ uwe.ac.uk or
Rehan.Hyder@ uwe.ac.uk.
In the academic year 09/10 the School of Creative Arts has offered bursaries for doctoral study in the following areas:
Art and Design (3 studentships)
Art and Landscape Studies
Media Practice, Place and Identity
Creative Practice/ The Creative Industries (Design)
Culture Media and Drama (3 studentships)
Digital Cultures, Play and Technology
Cultural History, Media and Film