[Reader-list] [Announcements] Short-term research positions: Asian cultural studies
The Sarai Programme
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Fri Mar 27 15:43:36 IST 2009
Short-Term Research Positions: Asian Cultural Studies
The Cultural and Material life of media piracy is a three-year project
carried out by the Sarai programme of the CSDS, Delhi, India in
collaboration with the Alternative Law Forum Bangalore, India. The
project seeks open a different debates on piracy other than simply that
of enforcement and criminality in Asia. We hope to generate discussions
of cultural needs, community practices of sharing and circulation in
societies of high inequality. We will also look at media industry
approaches to piracy and enforcement strategies. In addition, there will
be ethnographic and quantitative work on media use in neighborhoods.
The main research node spans South Asia, with comparative work in China
and South East Asia. The Sarai-ALF teams of researchers work in tandem
with an international project on media piracy with fellow researchers in
Brazil, South Africa and Russia coordinated by the SSRC (New York). The
project is supported by the IDRC (Canada)
We are looking for bright, energetic and qualified researchers who can
work in collaboration with a regional and international team. Applicants
must demonstrate abilities to research and write on the subject. A
familiarity with the debate on piracy, intellectual Property and the
creative commons is preferable. Social science and humanities applicants
should have completed postgraduate degrees, law students a four-year
programme.
The position is ideal for researchers working on their Ph.d/M.Phil,
wanting to combine it with ongoing research and interest in media, law
and cultural studies. Independent researchers with a clear, demonstrable
research capacity and experience may also apply.
Researcher One: Beijing
The researcher will be media and copy culture circuits in China post
video/VCD and the relationship to the international legal regime.
Research will be fieldwork based. Researchers must be bi-lingual in
Mandarin and English.
Researcher Two: Hong Kong
The researcher will be looking at Hong Kong Media industries after video
and the worlds of piracy in South China. Researchers should be fluent
and bi-lingual in Cantonese and English.
Remuneration will be approximately USD 5000 for a six-month period. A
publication quality research paper is expected at the conclusion of the
research period.
Interested applicants may send their CV and a written research sample to
researchjobs at sarai.net by April 20th, 2009. Applications without a
written research sample will not be entertained.
Links
Sarai, CSDS: www.sarai.net
Alternative Law Forum www.altlawforum.org
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