[Students-l] Fwd: [ciresearchers] FW: Post doc participatory digital media

[M.J. Menou]

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Subject: 	[ciresearchers] FW: Post doc participatory digital media
Date: 	Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:10:22 -0300
From: 	Michael Gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com>
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CC: 	<helena.pettersson at kultmed.umu.se>



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*From:* stsgrad at googlegroups.com [mailto:stsgrad at googlegroups.com] *On
Behalf Of *Helena Petersson
*Sent:* Monday, February 28, 2011 4:45 AM
*To:* stsgrad at googlegroups.com
*Subject:* Post doc participatory digital media


   *Postdoctoral position in participatory digital media*

The Faculty of Humanities at Umeå University is seeking a Postdoctoral
Researcher to be placed at the Department of Culture and Media Studies.
The researcher will conduct studies relating to the continuities between
participatory culture and civic engagement. As such, qualified
candidates should be aware of current research trends in digital
culture, new media, online activism, web and citizen journalism, and fan
studies, and should be ready to apply that knowledge to case study research.


The media landscape of today is characterized by active audiences that
increasingly take control over the flows of communication. Through
social media, new spaces for engagement and for the creation of
user-created content are formed. Audiences now act back more and more
upon the content that is presented to them from traditional institutions
in politics, journalism and culture. Hybrid media places become the
springboard for new forms of social movements as well as more or less
individualized expressions that challenge the previously established
boundaries and cultural contracts of the public sphere.


The postdoctoral researcher will have earned an advanced degree and
should have conducted previous qualitative research in one or more of
the above listed areas. Successful candidates must be able to work
independently and apply knowledge of domestic and international
participatory cultures and civic action to the development of innovative
analyses and models of civic learning and identity.


The position will also be affiliated with the Media Places research
program at HUMlab (Umeå University) and particularly to the research
theme/Media Places as Hybrid Practice and Representation/. Within this
theme, analyses are carried out of how physical, digital and symbolic
properties of our lived experience come together in rich media places,
and how hybrid practices and representations develop. The research
carried out by this post doc, in the field of participatory media and
activism, will function as part of this wider framework, and the post
doc will also be able to gain from collaboration and exchange with other
researchers within the program.

Applicants must have taken their doctorate within the last three years
and not have already held a postdoctoral position.


For further information about the position, please contact Professor
Simon Lindgren,simon.lindgren at soc.umu.se
<mailto:simon.lindgren at soc.umu.se>, phone number +46 90 786 95 19.

Union information is available from SACO, +46-(0)90-786 53 65, SEKO,
+46-(0)90-786 52 96 and ST, +46-(0)90-786 54 31.

Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format. Your
complete application, marked with*reference number 315-150-11*, should
be sent tojobb at umu.se <mailto:jobb at umu.se>(state the reference number as
subject) or to the Registrar, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden to
arrive*March 21, 2011 at the latest.****

**We look forward to receiving your application!*




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