진학프로석·박사 채용 접수 플랫폼

Description du projet ou de l'opération de recherche dans lesquels s'inscrivent les activités de recherche confiées / Description of the research subject

The HydroArts project focuses on the recent rise in performative instances of artistic productions that acknowledge water as a creative partner (underwater sculptures, aquatic dance, site-specific theater, multi-sensory installations, etc.). These practices are then cross analyzed with conceptual theories that use the terminology of fluidity and other aquatic properties, examining the simultaneous transfers of theory and artistic practice across French and Anglo-Saxon cultures over the past thirty years. Composed of an online research platform, a webinar series, creative workshops, a pedagogical resource platform, water art festivals and publications, the project is designed to bring together academics and artists from multiple fields to engage in creative experiments around the performativity of water. By limiting the study to artistic engagements that attribute an active role to water, whether via submersion, convergence, or immersion, the project examines how the materiality of water exerts an active and dramaturgical force in the process of sense construction. The project's goal is to show how water can serve as an artistic partner and conceptual model in cultivating the aesthetics of a possible ecological ethics.

Planning research project

From 02/01/2025 until 01/31/2028

Assigned activities and expected results

Applicants must demonstrate their ability to make substantial contributions to the cross-cultural research project HydroArts, devoted to the aquatic turn in theater and performance. The post-doctoral candidate will assist in the data collection and analysis, as well as in the development and maintenance of the project’s online platform and mailing list. They will also be responsible for developing and maintaining the project’s media presence on various social media platforms. They will be expected to participate in analyzing the theoretical corpus and its interdependence with artistic practice while continuing the comparative analysis foregrounding how French and Anglophone cultures have mutually enriched and challenged one another. The post-doctoral candidate will be responsible for launching and monitoring the online discussion forum as well as assisting with the webinars and the creative workshops and the digital productions that emerge. They candidate will be expected to assist in the organization of all events as well as in the communication related to the compiling of the collective volume to which they will be invited to contribute their own research.

The post-doctoral fellow will :

• To identify, categorize, and document the works belonging to the project’s corpus, including traveling to attend performances, recording interviews, and implementing audience surveys
• To obtain rights and permissions for image reproduction
• To develop and maintain the online research platform, including launching and monitoring a discussion forum, a mailing list, and the project’s media presence on various social media platforms
• To organize research events (webinars, workshops, festivals, conferences)
• To contribute to the research productions by cross-referential analyses of the works with post-humanist theories from French and Anglophone sources.

To apply for this position, please consult the job description by clicking on this link

The application must include the following documents :

• Detailed curriculum vitae
• Cover letter
• Doctoral degree
• A list of contacts likely to provide a recommendation
  
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Applications must be sent to Anna STREET by July 4, 2025 to the following address : Anna.Street@univ-lemans.fr