Each PhD candidate will conduct a detailed ethnographic study in both the Netherlands and Spain. The PhDs will be based in the Netherlands and will conduct fieldwork in both countries to fully compare and contrast the sites and findings. The focus areas will be:
Briefly, the VITALGREENHOUSE project aims to investigate greenhouses in both countries as sites embedded within a long history of human-environment relations, integrating questions of landscape exploitation, digitalization, mobilities, and human and non-human labor. The project seeks to generate new critical perspectives on planetary transformations and advance theoretical debates in critical infrastructure studies, multispecies relations, and decolonial thought.
Your Tasks
The following are essential:
The following are desirable:
Application Requirements
Applications should include the following (all files, except your CV, should be submitted as a single PDF):
Additional materials, such as recommendation letters and longer writing samples, will be requested only from shortlisted candidates. Please do not send these materials with your initial application. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview, expected to take place, preferably in person, in the first week of November.
Additional Information
For any questions or further information, please contact:
Dr. Rebeca Ibáñez Martín, Principal Investigator of VITALGREENHOUSE
rebeca.ibanezmartin@meertens.knaw.nl
Fixed-term contract: 48 months.
The Meertens Institute, together with the International Institute of Social History and the Huygens ING, is part of the KNAW Humanities Cluster. This is a partnership in which research in the humanities (history, ethnology, literature, linguistics) is carried out using advanced methods, in which computer science plays an important role. The Meertens Institute is a national institute for research and documentation of the Dutch language and culture, and language and culture in the Netherlands. It consists of the research groups Ethnology and Variational Linguistics, both of which hold leading positions in international research on everyday language and culture.
This application process is managed by the employer (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)). Please contact the employer for questions regarding your application.
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Make sure to apply no later than 16 Oct 2024 23:59 (Europe/Amsterdam).
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