Project details
| Reference (ArCHe-Doctoral candidate no.) | DC 10 |
| Title of the project | Communicating Stone Age hunter-fisher-gatherer heritage for a sustainable future |
| Recruiting institution and place of work | School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Expected start date | August 2024 |
| Length of the project | 48 months |
| Salary | 31 800,50 SEK (Swedish krona) per month salary |
| Family allowance |
If applicable. (Only if eligible to these conditions: “Family” means persons linked to the researcher by marriage (or a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the legislation of the country where this relationship was formalized) or dependent children who are actually maintained by the researcher) |
Project description
DC10 will use anthropological theory and methods to investigate how the coastal STA (Stone Age) HFG (hunter-fisher-gatherer) legacy becomes heritage and is communicated as heritage to diverse audiences in different parts of Europe.
This will be done through ethnographic fieldwork, including interviews, that follows the process of knowledge production of HFG heritage, from the archaeological excavation phase to exhibitions in museums.
The project will involve participant observation at archaeological sites to experience the archaeological process of excavation and production of data and knowledge on STA coastal HFGs from different regions in ArCHe, as well as one or two heritage institutions known for their innovative state-of-the art engagement with HFG heritage (e.g. through interactive exhibitions, outdoor activities or landscape art), in order to investigate how such data and knowledge becomes translated into heritage. This will involve paying attention to the kinds of heritage frames that STA HFG traces are typically subsumed within when communicated to the public, e.g. “pre-historic heritage" or “natural history”.
Through such critical engagement with the process of heritageization, the project will explore new ways of setting HFG traces on the heritage agenda, in particular through their relevance for contemporary issues facing European coastal zones, for example by activating deep time perspectives, raising questions about past, present and future lifestyles not least related to coping with environmental destruction, climate change and associated social stress.
Synergies with PhD1, PhD4, PhD6 and PhD8. The project trains the PhD for a career in heritage communication and cultural resource management with a focus on sustainability and challenges related to climate change.
Expected results include a dissertation, highlighting how STA heritage can be communicated to raise awareness of issues related to climate and environmental change. PhD10 will co-author 2 journal articles (one focusing on STA heritage for the Anthropocene, the other focusing on shared landscapes in Local Environment). Data will be stored at UGOT.
A deliverable will be a report on the heritage potential of HFG coastal sites with a discussion of innovative models for communicating this STA heritage.
Academic secondments
DC10 will spend 2 months at the University of Oslo, Norway, 2 months at CNRS, Rennes, France, and 2 months at the University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain. The purpose is to participate in archaeological field work in different settings.
Non-academic secondments
DC 10 will also spend 1 month at Österlen Museum, Simrishamn, Sweden, to learn about innovative museum communication in a coastal community.
Supervisors
- Main supervisor: Associate Professor Anna Bohlin, University of Gothenburg
- Co-supervisors: Professor Almut Schülke, University of Oslo and Dr Valdis Bērziņs, University of Latvia
Eligibility criteria
The recruitment process for all Doctoral candidates in the HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN ArCHe follows a common recruitment strategy, which is based on the European Commission’s Code of Conduct of Recruitment
MSCA-eligibility criteria
- MSCA Mobility Rule: researchers must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their date of recruitment
- All researchers recruited in a DN must be doctoral candidates (i.e. not already in possession of a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment)
Necessary local eligibility criteria (specific for the host institution/beneficiary)
According to Chapter 7, paragraph 39 of the Higher Education Ordinance, applicants must have obtained a degree in the second-cycle (master’s level), completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 are at the advanced level, or in some other way acquired essentially equivalent knowledge either within or outside of Sweden.
In addition, applicants to the PhD in social anthropology must have completed least 90 university credits in social anthropology or an equivalent subject.
Enrolment in local PhD-programme
The successful candidate will be enrolled in the PhD programme in Social Anthropology, School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Appropriate academic knowledge and skills for position DC10
A suitable candidate has an academic background in Social or Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, Heritage/Critical Heritage Studies, Museum Studies, Cultural Studies, Science Technology Studies or Archaeology.
Skills related to the execution of qualitative social science research, in particular experience of ethnographic research involving participant observation, is a strong merit, as is knowledge and experience in science communication.
The call is now closed.