Job description
The Role
We are looking for a Research Assistant to join our externally funded project on Revitalising Crafts. This project is investigating a unique curriculum experiment at the University of Cape Verde in which art education students are apprenticed to local craftspeople for nine months to learn their traditional craft skills. The research consists of an interaction study, supported by fieldwork and interviews. Craft knowledge is a bodily form of knowledge acquired through doing; consequently, video recording the processes involved in the interaction between the craftworkers and students around making is the main data collection tool. In analysing this data, we will pay special attention to modalities understood to characterise apprenticeship training, such as guided instruction and hands-on mentoring of practical work.
The Research Assistant is required to transcribe and code recorded video tapes. Interview transcription and translation will be conducted in Portuguese to English. The co-researcher in Portugal will oversee the transcription and translation into English prior to data analysis.
The Research Assistant with knowledge of coding methods used in interaction analysis and of Portuguese language is needed to transcribe and code the tapes before this data is analysed at the start of year 2.
The work will be up to 108 hours for the period of the contract and it is expected that the work will commence from Late January 2023.
You
You will need to be bilingual in Portuguese (preferably European Portuguese) and English in both speaking and writing, a willingness to learn to transcribe some Cape Verdean Creole and experience of making transcripts for research purposes.
It is desirable to have familiarity with Cape Verde Portuguese and Cape Verde Creole and multimodal Conversation Analysis transcription methods. An interest in the interaction analysis of video data and an interest in art and craft education is also desirable. Experience of working with machine transcription of Portuguese is also preferable.
What we would provide for you
- From £15.81ph to £18.38ph plus holiday pay
- The opportunity to work on a beautiful campus
The University
At Roehampton, we change lives by helping our students to develop the confidence, knowledge and adaptability they need for a successful graduate career and fulfilling life. Our students are from all over the world.
We have a broad and engaging portfolio of courses across our five academic schools and one faculty. Our Schools and Faculty are:
- Faculty of Business and Law * School of Education * School of Humanities and Social Sciences * School of Arts and Digital Industries * School of Life Sciences and Psychology
We are based on a beautiful 64-acre parkland campus, located in the heart of south-west London.
To find out more information about the role and what we are looking for, visit the Working at Roehampton section of our website where you will find full details, how to apply, as well as further information about the benefits of working for us.
Working at Roehampton | University of Roehampton, London
The closing date for completed applications is: Monday 6 December 2022
It is expected that interviews will be held in December 2022 after the applications closing date.
The University is an equal opportunities and ‘disability confident’ employer
Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract
Salary: £15.81-£18.38 per hour
Benefits:
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
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