Postdoc on 'VR and Immersive Technologies' at Utrecht University
Dear all,
As part of the project VR As Empathy Machine. Media, Migration and Humanitarian Predicament we are currently looking for a postdoc.
This postdoctoral position has a focus on postcolonial, feminist, media theories, and design practices with a specific interest in the past and future of immersive technologies. In particular, the postdoc engages with the relation between viewers and mediated others through embodied technologies.
As a postdoc, you critically investigate the role of VR as an immersive technology and its relation to emotions and embodiment and knowledge production. You do so by researching the impact of VR for humanitarian appeals, in particular concerning issues around migration and refugees, conflict studies and other planetary crises. You also carry out fieldwork among VR makers, industry stakeholders and VR spaces (labs, festivals and tech events). The project draws from different disciplinary fields such as (digital) media studies, postcolonial theory, science and technology studies, psychology, gender studies, anthropology, development studies, conflict studies, game and film studies and humanitarian communication.
More about the position and the link to apply can be found here.
Deadline for applications is April 23.
For any questions, please feel free to reach out.
All my best, Lisa Burghardt (she/her) | PhD Candidate | Media and Culture Department | Drift 15, 3512 BR Utrecht | +31 6 1958 17 49 | l.burghardt@uu.nl | www.uu.nl/staff/LBurghardt | VR & Empathy Project [signature_3149465290] EASST's Eurograd mailing list -- eurograd-easst.net@lists.easst.net Archive: https://lists.easst.net/hyperkitty/list/eurograd-easst.net@lists.easst.net/ Edit your delivery settings there using Account dropdown, Mailman settings. Website: https://easst.net/easst_eurograd/ Meet us on Mastodon: https://assemblag.es/@easst Or X: https://twitter.com/STSeasst
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