Postdoc Position in the Anthropology of Art and Digital Media
- Vor 5 days veröffentlicht
- Vienna, Austria
- With professional experience
- Permanent employment
- Full-time
- Hybrid
- Home office possible
As a postdoctoral researcher, you will work for the ERC project ‚The Anthropology of the Future: An Art World Perspective‘ (ANTHROFUTURE), led by Prof. Manuela Ciotti at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Vienna. ANTHROFUTURE focuses on the art world as an interlocked digital-physical system and ethnographic site, using innovative multimodal methodologies to generate analytical and theoretical advancements on the future as a temporal category across regional contexts.
As part of the ANTHROFUTURE team, you will carry out a digital ethnography of artists and social media in South Asia and the Gulf region, including short visits to field sites. You will investigate visual content production on Instagram and TikTok, examining how art world institutions and professionals inhabit spheres transformed by the acceleration of the future into the present. You will capture and examine visual content produced by artists and develop case studies across age groups and regions. Based on these insights, you will carry out a data harvest from social media platforms with the aid of a web developer provided by the project.
Your tasks
- Work on your research project within ANTHROFUTURE and its completion within 2 years
- Carry out research in full compliance with ethics, data, and best-practice research guidelines agreed with the ERC
- Develop and deliver high-quality, innovative research outcomes related to the topic of the research project
- Participate in conferences of appropriate learned societies and associations
- Produce research publications for leading international peer-reviewed journals, as well as book chapters for ANTHROFUTURE
- Produce research dissemination materials for the project’s public-facing website and social media channels
- Assist with exhibition projects (both physical and digital)
- Work with the project administrator to ensure smooth running of the case study and wider ANTHROFUTURE project
- Work closely with the PI and other members of the ANTHROFUTURE research team to assist with research and outcome delivery
- Travel, including international travel where necessary and appropriate
Your profile
- Completed PhD degree in the fields of digital anthropology, digital humanities, anthropology of media, anthropology of data, or anthropology of art
- Experience in academic writing and multimodal research methods, with a focus on digital media
- Excellent command of written and spoken English (C1 Level)
- Team player with strong social skills to successfully work and collaborate with the ANTHROFUTURE team
- IT user skills: e.g. MS Office
Your benefits:
- Work-life balance: Flexible, family-friendly working hours, with the option for hybrid work (partially in home office) upon agreement
- Inspiring working atmosphere: Part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment
- Good public transport connections: Workplace in the center of Vienna easily accessible by public transport
- Internal further training & coaching: Opportunity to deepen skills on an ongoing basis with over 600 courses to choose from free of charge
- Fair salary: Basic salary of EUR 5.014,30 (for 40,00 weekly working hours, 14 times per year) increases if professional experience can be credited
- Equal opportunities for all: Anti-discriminatory employment policy with emphasis on equal opportunities and diversity
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