[Sarai Newsletter] Short-term research positions: Asian cultural studies

[The Sarai Programme]

*Short-Term Research Positions: Asian Cultural Studies*

The Cultural and Material life of media piracy is a three-year project 
carried out by the Sarai programme of the CSDS, Delhi, India in 
collaboration with the Alternative Law Forum Bangalore, India. The 
project seeks open a different debates on piracy other than simply that 
of enforcement and criminality in Asia. We hope to generate discussions 
of cultural needs, community practices of sharing and circulation in 
societies of high inequality. We will also look at media industry 
approaches to piracy and enforcement strategies. In addition, there will 
be ethnographic and quantitative work on media use in neighborhoods.

The main research node spans South Asia, with comparative work in China 
and South East Asia. The Sarai-ALF teams of researchers work in tandem 
with an international project on media piracy with fellow researchers in 
Brazil, South Africa and Russia coordinated by the SSRC (New York).  The 
project is supported by the IDRC (Canada)

We are looking for bright, energetic and qualified researchers who can 
work in collaboration with a regional and international team. Applicants 
must demonstrate abilities to research and write on the subject. A 
familiarity with the debate on piracy, intellectual Property and the 
creative commons is preferable. Social science and humanities applicants 
should have completed postgraduate degrees, law students a four-year 
programme.

The position is ideal for researchers working on their Ph.d/M.Phil, 
wanting to combine it with ongoing research and interest in media, law 
and cultural studies. Independent researchers with a clear, demonstrable 
research capacity and experience may also apply.

*Researcher One: Beijing*
The researcher will be media and copy culture circuits in China post 
video/VCD and the relationship to the international legal regime. 
Research will be fieldwork based. Researchers must be bi-lingual in 
Mandarin and English.


*Researcher Two: Hong Kong*
The researcher will be looking at Hong Kong Media industries after video 
and the worlds of piracy in South China. Researchers should be fluent 
and bi-lingual in Cantonese and English.

Remuneration will be approximately *USD 5000 for a six-month period*. A 
publication quality research paper is expected at the conclusion of the 
research period.

Interested applicants may send their CV and a written research sample to 
*researchjobs at sarai.net* by *April 20th, 2009*. *Applications without a 
written research sample will not be entertained.

Links*

Sarai, CSDS: *www.sarai.net*

Alternative Law Forum: *www.altlawforum.org*

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