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Our flourishing research and scholarship culture celebrates and enables original investigation; extending knowledge fields and developing new understanding within the arts.
Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) is pleased to offer one part-time fees only bursary for the above PhD opportunity to outstanding applicants seeking to begin a programme of research with AUB in September 2024.
The research aligns to the University’s design history and cultural heritage research cluster, which includes the Thorp Modelmaking Archive and the Museum of Design in Plastics.
The overarching objective of this study is to extend a voice to hidden, lost, forgotten, or marginalised makers or practices within global traditions of craft or design-based making. In response to the dominance of a ‘post-production’ perspective that overlooks the role of the maker and making processes in existing studies of cultural heritage, design history, and material culture (Fariello, 2005), this investigation invites applications that seek to reveal previously hidden stories of how things were made and the people who made them.
While the successful candidate will have a large degree of freedom in developing their research, it's envisaged that the PhD will adopt a primarily historical or biographical position in exploring hidden or underrepresented cultures of making within, for example, architecture, design, media, craft, furniture making, textiles, modelmaking, or traditional manufacture.
Research questions could seek to challenge notions of ‘hidden’ and/or ‘making’ and potential aims might be centred on:
Applications involving archival analysis and/or oral histories are encouraged, and the research is expected to contribute new insights that will enrich the understanding and appreciation of making in its widest context through the completion of a written thesis.
Supervision will be led by Dr David Lund, Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Modelmaking and BA (Hons) Design.
Applicants are also invited from students who wish to self-fund their studies.
Please refer to the bursary terms and conditions for further details. We particularly welcome applicants who self-identify as being from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME/Global Majority) background.
Full information can be found at: https://aub.ac.uk/our-research/research-degrees.
AUB’s Research Degrees are awarded in partnership with University of the Arts London.
Enquiries regarding our PhD programmes and the admissions process, please contact the AUB Research Office: researchoffice@aub.ac.uk.