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PhD: Human Rights and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: global impact on moral and political subjectivity

Organization: University of Amsterdam

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Field: Behaviour and Society

Requirements:

Completed Master's degree in Anthropology or related discipline
Candidates with a Master's degree in Philosophy, who have strong and demonstrable social scientific interests, are also encouraged to apply
Affinity with qualitative research methods
Research experience and language competency suitable for South Africa will be considered an advantage

Abstract:

The PhD candidate will participate in a five-year comparative research project which is financed by a VIDI-grant of the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO).

Description:

The PhD candidate will participate in a five-year comparative research project which is financed by a VIDI-grant of the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO). The project will undertake a transnational, multi-sited ethnographic study of moral and political subjectivity in rights-based HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes. In particular the following questions will be addressed: Are there more distal, non-health related consequences of the therapeutic practices of such programmes that inadvertently shape the political and moral subjectivities of participants? If so, are they related to the particular combination of moral discourses (e.g. human rights, personal responsibility and locale) underlying the therapeutic approach? How are any such consequences experienced by participants and how have they altered their everyday social and political interactions in their networks and communities? In addressing these questions the PhD project focuses on such programmes in South Africa from the perspective of an anthropology of moralities. A significant part of this project will consist of on-site, long-term ethnographic research.
 
Tasks
 

  • Conduct research, write a dissertation and other publications
  • Teach in the field of social sciences
  • Participate in the AISSR PhD programme, including attendance of courses
  • Participate in conferences and seminars

Deadline: 15-04-2011

Contacts:

Link: http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/UVA/vacancy/8572/lang/en/

Email: j.zigon@uva.nl

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