Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
- Department
- Department of Humanities
- Research Field
- Anthropology » Other
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)Recognised Researcher (R2)
- Country
- Italy
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Other
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- HE / ERC
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
The ERC project CowDom aims at understanding how different configurations of human-cattle relations reflect social, economic and political dynamics in four countries in post-colonial South America. It will answer this question by analyzing the values, practices and colonial legacies related to human-cattle relationships in four South American countries - Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia - by focusing on the opposite poles of the domestication process: genetically improved races and feral or semi-feral creole cattle. Through long-term ethnographic fieldwork, interdisciplinary teams of zoologists and anthropologists will delve into cattle fairs and historical feral cattle territories.
The anthropologist will work in close collaboration with a zoologist, with whom s/he will carry out long term fieldwork periods in Brazil. More broadly, s/he will be part of a team of six people who will work in close coordination with each other, and will meet them regularly every six months in South America or Venice. The researcher is also requested to spend an initial period of time (about 1 month) in Venice, before the beginning of the fieldwork.
Requirements
- Research Field
- Anthropology » Cultural anthropology
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
The interview aims to assess the candidates’ skills and expertise on the following subjects:
- Familiarity with the following research fields: critical race, class, ethnicity and gender theories; interspecies ethnography; political anthropology; STS literature;
- Familiarity with the anthropological literature on the socio-political dynamics in Brazil;
- Language proficiency in both English and Portuguese.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
- Languages
- PORTUGUESE
- Level
- Excellent
Additional Information
The research fellowship amounts to 27,000 Euros, including taxes and social charges
The following qualifications are considered as evaluation criteria:
a) Specialization diplomas and certificates of attendance of post-graduate specialization courses, obtained both in Italy and abroad, in subjects related to the research field and other academic titles;
b) Publications (a list)
c) Electronic submission of at least of 2 publications (in PDF format), which will be evaluated by the
commission;
d) Documented research activities at public and private entities with contracts, research grants, scholarships
or assignments both in Italy and abroad;
e) Documented periods of ethnographic research;
f) Documented collaboration with international and interdisciplinary research groups;
The short-list of the candidates admitted to the interview and the related calendar, or any postponement, will be published on the University’s webpage on 15/03/2024. The interview will be held in remote with Google Meet.
- Website for additional job details
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
- Country
- Italy
- City
- Venezia
- Postal Code
- 30123
- Street
- Dorsoduro 3246
- Geofield
Where to apply
- Website
Contact
- City
- Venice
- Website
- Street
- Dorsoduro 3246
- Postal Code
- 30123
- ricerca.dsu@unive.it