IMMIGRANT ETHNOGRAPHIES -- PhD Studentship covering EU/UK tuition fees
Extended Deadline 30 June 2015
Emigration has long occupied Scottish researchers – the Scots diaspora – but there is growing interest in immigration, the new and dynamic populations who contribute to reframed concepts of contemporary Scottish identity. This PhD research will result in a focused ethnography at the forefront of contemporary understanding on the creative expressions of settlers/immigrants and their performance of everyday life. More and more, various facets of life in Scotland exist as a result of the dynamic lifestyles and cultures of immigrants from around the world. The Elphinstone Institute’s focus on creative expression in Scotland gives it a unique position to meet the challenges of documenting and analysing both the everyday lives and the wider influences of immigrants today. This project will build on Folklore’s century-long history of immigrant research (e.g., Boatright, Dorson, Herrera-Sobek) and approach contemporary Scottish immigration with established ethnographic methodologies and relevant archiving practices.
The candidate will explore immigrant experience and expressivity, which, taken in conjunction with the more distant statistical analyses of data-driven disciplines, will lead to greater understanding of immigrant experience and influence at both micro and macro levels. Research will focus on vernacular performance practices, placing them in wider contexts to examine how immigrant creativity contributes to new, and renewed, culture and customs in the home country.
Possible areas of focus include Vernacular belief; Funerary practices; Foodways; Communications (traditional and electronic); Musical performance (sacred and secular); Interior design/architecture (i.e. how immigrants reshape interiors of physical homes in Scotland); Immigrant businesses; Narratives of immigrant-experience (both of immigrants, and those of relatives/friends who have stayed in countries of origin).
The project would build on the Institute’s recent work on immigrant communities in Scotland and feed into a range of planned academic and public engagement initiatives.
Funding Note: The Elphinstone Institute Funded Fee Waiver is underwritten by the Margaret Jones Fund, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. This covers tuition fees at Home/EU level. Selection will be made on the basis of academic merit.
Enquiries: Please contact Thomas McKean at the Elphinstone Institute, T.A.McKean@abdn.ac.uk
Applications: Tel 01224 273181, Web http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cass/graduate/scholarships-available-275.php
Extended Deadline 30 June 2015
Emigration has long occupied Scottish researchers – the Scots diaspora – but there is growing interest in immigration, the new and dynamic populations who contribute to reframed concepts of contemporary Scottish identity. This PhD research will result in a focused ethnography at the forefront of contemporary understanding on the creative expressions of settlers/immigrants and their performance of everyday life. More and more, various facets of life in Scotland exist as a result of the dynamic lifestyles and cultures of immigrants from around the world. The Elphinstone Institute’s focus on creative expression in Scotland gives it a unique position to meet the challenges of documenting and analysing both the everyday lives and the wider influences of immigrants today. This project will build on Folklore’s century-long history of immigrant research (e.g., Boatright, Dorson, Herrera-Sobek) and approach contemporary Scottish immigration with established ethnographic methodologies and relevant archiving practices.
The candidate will explore immigrant experience and expressivity, which, taken in conjunction with the more distant statistical analyses of data-driven disciplines, will lead to greater understanding of immigrant experience and influence at both micro and macro levels. Research will focus on vernacular performance practices, placing them in wider contexts to examine how immigrant creativity contributes to new, and renewed, culture and customs in the home country.
Possible areas of focus include Vernacular belief; Funerary practices; Foodways; Communications (traditional and electronic); Musical performance (sacred and secular); Interior design/architecture (i.e. how immigrants reshape interiors of physical homes in Scotland); Immigrant businesses; Narratives of immigrant-experience (both of immigrants, and those of relatives/friends who have stayed in countries of origin).
The project would build on the Institute’s recent work on immigrant communities in Scotland and feed into a range of planned academic and public engagement initiatives.
Funding Note: The Elphinstone Institute Funded Fee Waiver is underwritten by the Margaret Jones Fund, Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. This covers tuition fees at Home/EU level. Selection will be made on the basis of academic merit.
Enquiries: Please contact Thomas McKean at the Elphinstone Institute, T.A.McKean@abdn.ac.uk
Applications: Tel 01224 273181, Web http://www.abdn.ac.uk/cass/graduate/scholarships-available-275.php
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