Deadline: 17 September 2015
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is currently accepting applications from individuals in Brazil and UK for its Social Change through Creativity and Culture Programme. The programme brings together academics, artists and creative practitioners from Brazil and the UK to initiate and collaborate on creative projects that directly address social challenges in specific Brazilian social contexts. This initiative will be funded through the Newton Fund, a five year programme that aims to strengthen research and innovation partnership between the UK and emerging knowledge economies.
The project will immerse individuals in an innovative lab experience, intended to catalyse cross-disciplinary collaborations and dialogue, during an intensive 10-day period. Over the course of the lab, participants will be tasked with developing a practical idea to take forward together through further collaborative research over the following months.
Thematic Areas
The concept of Social Change topics may include, but are not limited to:
- the cultural responses developed in places of violence and conflict
- the entrepreneurial initiatives that are creating new markets and employment within peripheral communities
- the health and wellbeing benefits in the absence of adequate public health care
- the questions about faith and spirituality in the cultural production of social cohesion
- the challenges of Brazil’s models of multi-culturalism in the context of its indigenous and African heritage
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be open-minded, creative-thinking Arts & Humanities researchers and creative practitioners from the UK and from Brazil, who have experience of working within a non-academic environment and/or cross-cultural settings.
- Applicants for position of researcher must be of post-doctoral standing, or equivalent, be research active and based at a Research Organisation (RO) eligible for funding by the AHRC.
- Artists and Creative Practitioners should be actively engaged in work that can be applied to social and cultural change-making processes and open to experimentation and collaboration. They will need to be aware of the potential for their work to impact on wider audiences and be keen to share and promote outputs through a variety of different channels.
- Applications will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Track record – a demonstrated history of high quality, innovative creative practice or research and how this is relevant to the key aims of the call for applications.
- An original and compelling articulation of the theme and its potential
- A clear articulation of the value of the opportunity (in terms of both the lab and the possible ongoing collaborations) and how it offers value to your current practice or research, as well as your ability to develop your skills, work in teams and engage with new sectors and audiences
- Participants should be able to travel to Brazil for the duration of the lab (25th October –4th November). They will also need to have the capacity to work on project ideas (on site and virtually) post-Lab, during the period between November and December 2015
How to Apply
- Applicants should complete the online application form available on the website.
- As part of the application form you will be asked to attach a one page covering letter outlining your interest in attending the workshop, including your relevant expertise and experience and a two page CV, including relevant research outputs.
For more information, please visit Call for Applications.
