Call for expressions of interest: positions on ARC project at ANU

[Patrick McConvell]

Call for expressions of interests in positions on the ARC Discovery Project
Skin and Kin in Aboriginal Australia: linguistic and historical perspectives on the dynamics of social categories

We are seeking expressions of interest in either of the following roles on the project, which is due to start in July 2012 and continue for three years.

(1) Project manager/research assistant $63-66000 pa approx

(2) Ph.D student with stipend $27651 pa

The project is based at ANU with CI's Patrick McConvell, Harold Koch and Jane Simpson; and partner Laurent Dousset at EHESS in France. The summary description is as follows:

'Indigenous Australians are linked in family-like networks, underpinned by ways of talking about social relationships. Social category systems unique to Australia are central to this linking, enabling people to viewothers as family. The unparalleled database created for the Austkin project gives an empirical basis for investigating the language of social categories. Using methods from linguistics, history and anthropology, we will trace the history of 'skin' systems and their dynamic relationships with kinship, marriage patterns, and land connections. This project will give fresh insight into how Aboriginal people have organised social interaction and created enduring societies.'

We are seeking people with background in linguistics, anthropology or history, or some combination of these, and knowledge of Indigenous society in Australia. We would also be interested in expressions of interest from people with experience in  statistical approaches to data analysis from other disciplines, and/or social network analysis.

CV's will be welcome but this is not a call for formal applications for the positions at this stage: a short response of 100-500 words would be enough.

It is possible that the project manager position will have be offered at 0.8 rather than full-time so for those interested in that position it would be useful to know whether either or both of the full-time and part-time is acceptable. For the Ph.D it would be good to know what kinds of themes you would like to pursue, within the broad description of the project.

A more detailed project description will be made available to those who respond to this call.

Please reply to  Patrick.mcconvell at anu.edu.au<mailto:Patrick.mcconvell at anu.edu.au> by 6th February 2012
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