[Air-L] Research fellow: Towards a Digital Sociology of Music

[Christopher Haworth]

Research Fellow (Part Time)

Department of Music, University of Birmingham, School of Languages,
Cultures, Art History and Music within the College of Arts and Law

Fixed term from 1st of April 2020 to 31st of March 2021

Grade: Grade 7, 30 or below pro rata

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BWB470/research-fellow

This post will support *Music And The Internet: Towards A Digital Sociology
of Music*, a project funded by the AHRC and led by Dr Christopher Haworth.
DIGSOCMUS will explore the use of digital methods for the analysis of
electronic music from the 1990s to the present, addressing research
questions on the changing relations between art and popular electronic
musics; ‘major’ and ‘independent’ labels; and local and transnational
musicking in the age of the internet.

The post will be centred on devising bespoke digital methods to further the
analysis of the research questions. These may involve text-mining and
social data analysis techniques, and the postholder will be expected to
analyse, interpret and visualise data using Gephi or an equivalent network
visualisation software. The postholder will be expected to participate in
workshops and other events associated with the research project, and to
produce and present research papers in seminars and at conferences.

You should have completed a PhD in music computing, music technology,
digital humanities, computer science or a related field, and you should
have an interest in one of the following fields: twentieth-century music,
digital music, electronic music, media history, or ethnomusicology.

The Department of Music recognises that scholars and practitioners from
minority backgrounds are under-represented in music-related fields. We
welcome applications from all candidates regardless of gender, ethnicity,
disability, sexual orientation and/or transgender status.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Christopher Haworth at
c.p.haworth at bham.ac.uk / 0121 414 6177