NEW job

POP is hiring a new Postdoctoral Research Fellow

CALLING ALL SEWING SOCIAL SCIENTISTS INTERESTED IN PRACTICE RESEARCH

POP is hiring a new Postdoctoral Researcher

Deadline for applications: Monday 12th April

Interview date: w/c 26th April

Start date: 1st June 2021

More info, job description and how to apply: HERE

The new PD will be part of the POP team (with PI, PD, RA, PhD).

They will be:

      • undertaking in-depth critical analysis of themes emerging from the quantitative analysis of 200 years of clothing patent data (Work Package 2)

     

      • responsible for analysing a series of qualitative themes and exploring them in relation to theoretical, archival and related materials; following these themes through to garment reconstruction, whereby the Project Team follow inventors’ step-by-step textual and visual instructions and transform historical patent data into three-dimensional arguments (Work Package 3)

     

      • interviewing contemporary inventors to gain insights about how they conceive of citizenship today  (Work Package 4)

     

      • instrumental in co-organizing events to showcase multi-dimensional findings via creative display, performance and public engagement activities with diverse publics

     

    Please get in touch with any questions.