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Postdoctoral researcher in the research project “Developing a Network-Based Creative Community: Electronic Literature as Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice” (ELMCIP) to be placed at the School of Planning and Media Design, Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden.

Reference number: 426-0587-2010

Description

The post is dedicated to working for 1 year in the 3-year research project “Developing a Network-Based Creative Community: Electronic Literature as Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice” which is financed by the European initiative HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area: http://www.heranet.info/). BTH’s part of the project includes among others the mapping of existing pedagogical models for teaching electronic literature, explore future possible pedagogical models, to create an anthology of European electronic literature, and host a workshop dedicated to electronic literature and pedagogy. BTH therefore seeks a postdoctoral researcher to work with the following tasks:

• Identify pedagogical models for work with and teaching of electronic literature:
• Map existing anthologies, collections, and archives of electronic literature;
• Contribute to the work of an anthology of European electronic literature (to be published online and on DVD), and
• Participate in the research project and contribute to BTH’s work within the project.

For more information about ELMCIP, please consult: http://www.bth.se/tks/hum.nsf/sidor/elmcip or http://elmcip.net/

Eligibility and desired qualifications:

Candidates are eligible to apply if they possess a PhD degree or a foreign degree deemed to be the equivalent of a doctorate. Eligible candidates must have completed their degree within three years before the deadline. Candidates are expected to have a doctorate in a subject related to the topic of the research project ELMCIP, e.g. literature, digital culture and humanities, pedagogy and digital media. Candidates should have experience of working with university level education. Knowledge of digital literature and/or experience of editorial work, or work with archives, anthologies or collections will be advantageous.

The successful candidate will work with Principal Investigator Maria Engberg and Co-Investigator Talan Memmott.

Fulltime position. January 2011 to December 2011, or according to agreement.

Duration: 12 months

For more information:

Please contact Interim Dean Peter Ekdahl, +46 454-38 59 09, peter.ekdahl@bth.se or Principal Investigator at BTH, Ass. Professor Maria Engberg, 0455-38 53 67, maria.engberg@bth.se. Union representatives: SACO Mikael Åsman +46 457 385720 and TCO Monika Nilsson +45 455-385440.

Application should include:

• CV
• Copies of doctorate and other degrees.
• Notification of first possible start day
• BTH applies individual wages. Enter salary requirements in application.

Send your application, marked with reference number, by August 15, 2010 to:

Registrar

Blekinge Tekniska Högskola

371 79 Karlskrona.

SWEDEN
To email enquiries about application procedures: diarium@bth.se

For more information about BTH: http://www.bth.se/eng/aboutbth

This ad in English: http://www.bth.se/tks/hum.nsf/sidor/elmcip-postdoc

This ad in Swedish: http://www.bth.se/for/employments.nsf/jobs/d540767703c39650c12577440030ebb8

ELMCIP:

Developing a Network-Based Creative Community: Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice (ELMCIP) is a collaborative research project funded by the Humanities in the European Research Area (HERA) JRP for Creativity and Innovation.

ELMCIP involves seven European academic research partners and one non-academic partner who will investigate how creative communities of practitioners form within a transnational and transcultural context in a globalized and distributed communication environment. Focusing on the electronic literature community in Europe as a model of networked creativity and innovation in practice, ELMCIP is intended both to study the formation and interactions of that community and also to further electronic literature research and practice in Europe.

The partners include: The University of Bergen, Norway (PL Scott Rettberg, Co-I Jill Walker Rettberg), the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland (PI Simon Biggs, Co-I Penny Travlou), Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden (PI Maria Engberg, Co-I Talan Memmott), The University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (PI Yra Van Dijk), The University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (PI Janez Strechovec), The University of Jyväskylä, Finland (PI Raine Koskimaa), and Univerity College Falmouth at Dartington, England (PI Jerome Fletcher), and New Media Scotland.

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