We are currently advertising for a 12-month Senior Research Associate, to work with me exploring aspects of participatory arts and DIY Culture, why might include punk rock. It’s a great opportunity to do some in-depth new work in the field. Information here. Deadline for applications 13 March. From the further particulars:
The post
The Arts and Humanities Research Council-led Connected Communities Programme is focused on collaborative research, with particular interest in projects co-produced with community partners. It has to date funded well over 300 projects, working with over 500 community partners. Its two Leadership Fellows provide academic direction for the programme as a whole. The Participatory Arts and DIY Culture project is funded under the Connected Communities Programme, and led by one of the Leadership Fellows, Professor George McKay.
The project
Participatory Arts and DIY Culture is a 12-month project funded under the AHRC’s Connected Communities Programme. The Principal Investigator is Professor George McKay, AHRC Leadership Fellow for the Connected Communities Programme, and Professor of Media Studies at the UEA. The Senior Research Associate will work closely with Professor McKay and relevant Connected Communities projects to explore a series of questions around participatory arts, community practice and/or DIY (Do It Yourself) culture, and to produce a series of outputs (review, academic outputs, relevant events) in liaison with him, partners, and the Connected Communities administrative team at UEA.
Professor McKay was the editor of one of the earliest books on the subject, DiY Culture: Party & Protest in Nineties Britain (Verso, 1998), and is also involved in some of the current 40th anniversary events marking punk rock since 1976- 77. He has also written about community music, including with Pete Moser, eds., Community Music: A Handbook (Russell House, 2005).
The project research questions include (to be refined and re-shaped in discussion with the successful postholder):
- What kinds of new thinking and practice are there in participatory and community arts?
- In what ways has (ideological) thinking about DIY, and its use in academic disciplines, shifted?
- How can we chart the impact and resilience of grassroots / DIY groups?
- What forms of organisation and structure do grassroots/DIY groups practice?
- Which cultural forms have been central to DIY practice?
