The people that I work with at RMIT Business have a part time position going at the moment. I’m hoping that you, or someone in your network, might be interested in taking it up. It would be good for someone who with research skills who cares about knowledge and knows a bit about the Web.
It is a part time position for 4 days per week from 1 February – 31 October 2010. It pays $31.98 per hour.
The project is looking at the policies behind digitizing objects and putting them on line. Up until now, a lot of museums have worked with material that was out of copyright, the creator was dead and gone, and there are no ongoing relationships to worry about. In that situation, the policies are pretty clear.
When you are a museum or gallery that wants to do the right thing, preserve and develop your relationships with the creator community and build something that will last, it gets tricker. Objects from the recent past are part of a living culture. They deserve respect. That means that you need to get the policy right first.
So we are looking for someone who can:
+ work with the Pacific communities in Melbourne.
+ build a clear picture of their approaches to traditional knowledge and intellectual property.
+ work with us to codify that picture.
We need someone with:
+ an understanding of ethnographic research.
+ the ability to listen really, really well.
+ at least a Bachelor with Honours degree, at least.
+ the ability to communicate and write well.
+ Australian citizenship or permanent resident status.
The range of disciplines that might be relevant is quite wide. Anthropology or Sociology would be ideal, but I can also see space for Pacific Studies, Media Studies, Museum Studies, Art History, Art Conservation, Curatorship, Creative Media, Multimedia Studies, Animation or Interactive Design, depending on your background and experience.
If you have done previous inter-disciplinary team research, that would be great. If you have publications in related fields, that would be great, too.
You would be working with a good group. Our recent projects have looked at a range of things: online banking and remittances, off-shore privacy agreements, why people buy stuff online (or don’t), new intermediaries, Web accessibility in Australia, and mortgage fraud. A bunch of stuff, united by two themes: where is the user and what is the law? Answering these questions often helps us understand what is actually going on in an online situation.
If you are interested, please send an letter expressing your interest and a CV to Professor Supriya Singh by 16th November 2009. Please e-mail:
supriya.singh@rmit.edu.au
Here is the official information:
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Expression of Interest: Digital Cultural Collections: Copyright and Traditional Knowledge
The Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre at RMIT University is seeking Expressions of Interest for a Researcher to work four days (28.8hours) a week. This research project involves developing medium and long-term relationships with the Pacific communities in Melbourne to understand their approaches to traditional knowledge and intellectual property as cultural collections go digital. Ethnographic research methods will include participation observation. Interested persons should at least have a Bachelor with Honours in Anthropology, Sociology, Pacific Studies or Media Studies. We would highly value previous inter-disciplinary team research and publications in related fields. The researcher would be able to write well and undertake literature reviews and other research related activities.
The project will run from 1st February 2010 to 31st October 2010. This research role is a casual position at $31.98 per hour. The researcher will be located at the School of Accounting and Law.
Expressions of interest and CVs should be sent to Professor Supriya Singh by 16th November 2009. Please e-mail:
supriya.singh@rmit.edu.au
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