AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership

5 Apr 2019
The Madonna of the Annunciation, Francesco Allegrini (National Galleries of Scotland)

The Madonna of the Annunciation, Francesco Allegrini (National Galleries of Scotland)

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership 'Unlike a Version: the lives of digitised artworks'

Application deadline 3 May 2019 (12pm). Eligible to UK/EU students. Covers UK/EU fees plus stipend.

The University of Edinburgh and National Galleries of Scotland are seeking a doctoral student for an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award, 'Unlike a Version: the lives of digitised artworks'.

Cultural heritage organisations, focused primarily on material objects in their care and experiences of visitors to physical sites, can neglect the significance and potential of their digital objects. This project starts from the position that digitised objects are not merely versions of the ‘real thing’ – they have meaning and value in their own right, and significance for sharing, interpretation, connection and inspiration. The research will explore the meanings and movements of digitised artworks in the context of the National Galleries of Scotland’s collections. It will develop a rich picture of digital objects and how they contribute to the shifting boundaries of the institution, to curatorial practice, and to the National Galleries of Scotland’s ambitions to open more of its collection to digital re-use.

The project will be supervised by Dr Jen Ross (Digital Education, University of Edinburgh), Christopher Ganley (Content & Design Manager, National Galleries of Scotland), Màiri Lafferty (Daskalopoulos Curator of Engagement, National Galleries of Scotland), and Professor Melissa Terras (Centre for Data, Culture and Society, University of Edinburgh). The student will be based in the Moray House School of Education, at the Holyrood campus, but will also spend considerable time at the National Galleries of Scotland and at the George Square campus of the University of Edinburgh.

The student stipend is £15,009 per annum plus tuition fees for 3.5 years. The award will include a number of training opportunities and additional funding to participate in these.

Full details 

Informal enquiries relating to the Collaborative Doctoral Partnership project can be made to Dr Jen Ross jen.ross@ed.ac.uk