PhD Scholarship: Aboriginal Visual Histories - Photographing Indigenous Australians
The Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University is pleased to offer a PhD Scholarship as part of the Aboriginal Visual Histories project. The scholarship will be offered for commencement from January – March 2009.
Eligibility: Applicants must hold an Australian or New Zealand Bachelors or Masters by Research degree with first or second class honours, or qualifications and/or research experience deemed equivalent by the university.
Applicants should have a background in Indigenous studies, history, visual studies, anthropology or other relevant area. Experience in working with Indigenous communities is preferred.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
Project: This ARC-funded four-year project will review photographs of Aboriginal people in key collections around Australia and in Europe, produce a systematic and comprehensive history of photographing Aboriginal people up to the present day and in a global context, and collaborate with descendants to incorporate Indigenous perspectives. A scholarship is offered for a PhD research project focusing on collaboration with descendants, including fieldwork with selected communities, and scholarly analysis of the process, value and protocols associated with returning photographs to descendant communities.
Scholarship duration: 3 years full-time.
Amount: Award holders will receive a stipend equal to the Australian Postgraduate Award annual stipend of $20,427 (2009 rate) and may also be eligible for allowances for relocation and thesis production.
For further details, please contact Chief Investigator Dr Jane Lydon or 0422980762.
Applications close: Monday 15 December 2008