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<font size=4 color="#0000FF">of interest to anybody ? - pass on as you
wish - apologies for any cross-posting - <br>
keep well -<br>
cheers - Chris<br><br>
</font><b>From:</b> A discussion and announcement list for the
Mass-Observation community <br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 July 2012 12:09<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [MASSOBS] 12 month full time Post-Doc at Brunel<br>
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Dear All,<br>
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<font size=4>The following partly MO-related post is now being advertised
at Brunel and would suit someone suitably qualified/experienced who has
finished their PhD. Please pass on to anyone suitable that you know
of.<br>
<br>
Application form and full specifications at
<a href="https://jobs.brunel.ac.uk/WRL/pages/vacancy.jsf;jsessionid=FD1E9C62A5E360B8B82740ADE7D180AD?latest=5">
https://jobs.brunel.ac.uk/WRL/pages/vacancy.jsf;jsessionid=FD1E9C62A5E360B8B82740ADE7D180AD?latest=5</a>
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Deadline for applications: 19 July 2012<br>
<br>
<b>Job Description</b> <br>
<br>
Full-time 12 months Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) for Fiction and
Cultural Mediation of Ageing Anthology Project (FCMAAP)<br>
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Point 30 Research Scale £30,122 pa plus £2,166 pa London Weigthing <br>
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To Commence: 10<sup>th</sup> September 2012. <br>
<br>
<br>
Subsequent to a successful award follow-on-funding by the ESRC to members
of Brunel University’s Fiction and Cultural Mediation of Ageing Project
(FCMAP), the Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing (BCCW) seeks to
appoint a full-time Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (PDRF) for twelve
months commencing on Monday 10<sup>th</sup> September 2012. The candidate
will be based at the Uxbridge campus, but will also be required to
undertake research at the Mass Observation (MO) Archive at Sussex
University and occasionally at other institutions such as the British
Library. The successful candidate will work closely with Principal
Investigator, Prof. Philip Tew who is Director of the BCCW, and
Co-Investigator, Dr. Nick Hubble, Head of Brunel’s English Department.
The project is interdisciplinary and combines narrative theory and
analysis, social commentary and interpretation of qualitative data,
editorial selection and other close editorial work, all involving
interdisciplinary approaches. Applicants called to interview will be
asked to demonstrate a capacity for such engagements, and also submit a
sample of their work, either a chapter of their thesis or a published
article or chapter. <br>
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<b>Project Details</b> <br>
<br>
‘Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Ageing (FCMAP): New Narratives of
Everyday Ageing in Contemporary Britain’ is a follow-up programme
designed to disseminate the findings of the original FCMAP project
(2009-2012) – that the social signification of ageing is undergoing a
radical transition in contemporary Britain and that everyday
self-reflective narrative understanding is essential for active ageing –
directly to the general public in order to promote social agency and
wellbeing.<br>
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The primary aim of the project is to facilitate extensive knowledge
exchange and public engagement concerning the ongoing changes in the
experience of ageing and to promote the replacement of stereotypical
notions with a new narrative-based understanding of the life course. The
key objectives are (i) to compile a mass-market paperback anthology aimed
at the general public weaving together a number of ordinary people’s
diary-type stories (to be taken from the data collected for FCMAP from
the Mass Observation Archive and volunteer groups of the University of
the Third Age); (ii) to organise and hold a public day event in Central
London in June 2013 designed to attract user groups, stakeholders, policy
makers, academics and the general public.<br>
<br>
Further details of the initial FCMAP project can be found on the Brunel
website at:<br>
<a href="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/arts/english/research/fiction-and-the-cultural-mediation-of-ageing">
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/arts/english/research/fiction-and-the-cultural-mediation-of-ageing</a>
<br>
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Details of the FCMAP collaboration with the think tank Demos which lead
to the co-written 200 page report <i>Coming of Age</i>, published as a
paperback and online as a
<a href="http://www.demos.co.uk/files/Coming_of_Age_-_web.pdf?1302099024">
free download</a> are available at:
<a href="http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/comingofage">
http://www.demos.co.uk/projects/comingofage</a>.<br>
<br>
Will Self discusses speaking at Brunel for an FCMAP event in the
<i>Guardian</i>:
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/01/looking-very-well-lewis-wolpert-review">
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/01/looking-very-well-lewis-wolpert-review</a>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Nick<br>
<br>
Dr Nick Hubble,<br>
Senior Lecturer in English,<br>
Co-Investigator, Fiction and the Cultural Mediation of Aging,<br>
<a href="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artsub/english/engresearch/fcmap">
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artsub/english/engresearch/fcmap</a>
<br>
Deputy Director, Brunel Centre for Contemporary Writing,<br>
<a href="http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artresearch/bccw">
http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artresearch/bccw</a><br>
<br>
School of Arts,<br>
Brunel University,<br>
Uxbridge,<br>
Middlesex,<br>
UB8 3PH<br>
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