[Air-L] Fulbright in Digital Culture in Norway

Tue Jul 24 15:20:34 PDT 2018

Agreeing with the helpful replies from all the others about Fulbright ( as
naturalized US citizen I too was able to benefit ).

The funds though come also from the host country that US citizen goes to
for an assignment and in my experience both for the longer year long one in
Bergen (where the Fulbright-Norway team is superb!) and a shorter Fulbright
specialist trip to Indonesia (where local hosts are overwhelmingly caring)

- Particular partners in particular countries have a strong role in making
sure the experience is enriching.

R

On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 12:35 AM Dan L. Burk <dburk at uci.edu> wrote:

> The Fulbright/CIES staff are great, and checking in with them is always
> a good idea.  The program officer for Jill's opportunity is listed as
> Peter Raucci contact EuropeEurasia at iie.org
>
> Cheers, DLB
>
> On 2018-07-24 11:48, Jill Walker Rettberg wrote:
>
> > Andrew, you'd have to check with the program officers - but we have had
> a Fulbright with us (Jason Nelson) who had lived in Australia for some
> years before coming to us - I'm not sure how many though. So worth asking.
> Based on Dan's response, I guess maybe Jason had spent less than five years
> in Australia?
> >
> > Jill
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 5:17 PM +0200, "Dan L. Burk" <dburk at uci.edu
> <mailto:dburk at uci.edu>> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Andrew --
> >
> > Eligibility info is here:
> https://www.cies.org/program/core-fulbright-us-scholar-program?qt-program=1#qt-program
> See in particular bullet point number 3.
> >
> > Because the program is intended to motivate U.S. citizens to go meet
> people outside the U.S., citizens who have resided outside the U.S. for > 5
> years out of the last six are typically not eligible --i.e., I think the
> logic is that such people seem to have managed to meet the program's goals
> without needing the program.
> >
> > However, that is the logic of the core program.  There are lots of
> specialized opportunities that have their own rules, so it makes sense to
> check with CIES staff for the region of interest.
> >
> > Cheers, DLB
> >
> > On 2018-07-24 07:28, Andrew Herman wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jill
> >
> > Do you know if US scholars who live and work in Canada are eligible?
> >
> > Andrew
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org<mailto:
> air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org>> on behalf of Jill Walker Rettberg <
> Jill.Walker.Rettberg at uib.no<mailto:Jill.Walker.Rettberg at uib.no>>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 10:11 AM
> > To: Gohar F. Khan
> > Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Fulbright in Digital Culture in Norway
> >
> > Hi Gohar - the Fulbright program is specifically designed to develop
> stronger relationships between the USA and other countries through cultural
> exchange, so this particular grant is for US scholars traveling to other
> countries - although US citizens currently living elsewhere may also be
> eligible. It's funded by the US state Dept (though Norway pays a share of
> the Norwegian fellowships) and I guess it can be seen as part of US
> cultural colonialism, if you want. They also have student and scholarships
> for non-Americans who want to study or work as professors/researchers in
> the USA. Many other counties have similar programs - Goethe stipends for
> Germans or non-Germans wanting to spend time Germany universities,
> Confucius centers for Chinese scholars, etc. they're all funded by a single
> country looking to improve international relations, and if you want to
> travel they can be great opportunities.
> >
> > Jill
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 12:39 PM +0200, "Gohar F. Khan" <
> gohar.feroz at gmail.com<mailto:gohar.feroz at gmail.com><mailto:
> gohar.feroz at gmail.com<mailto:gohar.feroz at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >
> > Just wonder why only American scholars?
> >
> > On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 at 9:17 PM Jill Walker Rettberg <
> Jill.Walker.Rettberg at uib.no<mailto:Jill.Walker.Rettberg at uib.no><mailto:
> Jill.Walker.Rettberg at uib.no<mailto:Jill.Walker.Rettberg at uib.no>>> wrote:
> > Dear American scholars,
> >
> > Would you be interested in spending a year at the University of Bergen
> doing teaching and research with our Digital Culture group? The August 1
> deadline for our 2019/20 Fulbright Scholarship is fast approaching, and we
> have less applications this year than we have had most years. I would love
> to see applications from AoIR people! Here is the ad:
> > https://awards.cies.org/content/digital-culture-0
> >
> > This is a teaching Fulbright, where you would teach three courses over
> the two semesters (typically one one semester and two the other semester),
> in addition to having time for your own research. I think most AoIR people
> would be able to teach some of our courses. For instance, our Culture and
> Norms of the Information Society usually has three modules, one on Digital
> Media Ethics, using Charles Ess's book by that name, one on Online
> Identity, using Nancy Baym's Personal Connections, and one on Surveillance.
> A Fulbright might teach a seminar for the upper level undergrads where the
> teacher picks a topic within "Critical Perspectives on Technology and
> Society", which would culminate in the students writing their BA thesis
> (like a capstone paper). Our course "Computing Technology: History, Theory
> and Practice" doesn't teach students to be programmers, but gives them an
> overview of the development of computing technology, so it can be taught
> from an STS point of view. In addit!
>  ion to
> the historical overview, students learn a little bit about some
> programming languages, so they understand what an algorithm is, what a
> variable or a loop or an object is. Usually one of the courses the
> Fulbright teaches is a small MA level seminar course on a topic of their
> choice, within the bounds of "Digital Media Aesthetics" or "Critical
> Perspectives on Technology and Society". We have a strong focus on digital
> aesthetics, so some of our Fulbrights have taught into the first year
> course Digital Genres: Digital Art, Computer Games and Electronic
> Literature.
> >
> > Fulbrights are of course included in our research activities as well. In
> addition to our tenured faculty, we have a vibrant group of postdocs, PhD
> fellows and usually several visiting international researchers a year. The
> largest project right now is my Machine Vision in Everyday Life (
> https://www.uib.no/en/machinevision), which in 2019/20 will be well
> underway with aesthetic and ethnographic researchers and multiple events
> with international participants. Electronic literature and digital
> aesthetics are another main focus area in our group, and we have weekly or
> bi-weekly research group meetings, where the Fulbright can choose whether
> to be more active in the Digital Culture Research Group (
> https://www.uib.no/en/rg/digitalculture) or the Electronic Literature
> Research Group (https://www.uib.no/en/rg/electronicliterature).
> >
> > Our previous Fulbrights have been at all stages of their careers, and we
> welcome applications from junior and senior scholars. Fulbright
> scholarships receive a monthly stipend from the Fulbright Foundation, with
> additional funds for dependents. There are also opportunities for travel
> funding.
> >
> > If interested in applying, please email scott.rettberg at uib.no<mailto:
> scott.rettberg at uib.no><mailto:scott.rettberg at uib.no<mailto:
> scott.rettberg at uib.no>>
> >
> > All best,
> >
> > Jill
> >
> > Jill Walker Rettberg
> > Professor of Digital Culture
> > University of Bergen
> >
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