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Qualification
PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
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Location
The University of Manchester
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
23-SEP-24
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Duration
3 years
Course summary
Programme description
This practice-based Anthropology, Media and Performance PhD programme will see you carry out an extensive piece of research in the field.
Jointly managed by the Drama department and the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology/Social Anthropology, this programme begins with a year of academic formation and preliminary training in research methods and relevant craft techniques, before you carry out your project on the basis of field research of up to a year's duration.
In the third year, you will be expected to return to Manchester and prepare the presentation of your results in textual or other media, as appropriate.
Aims
We aim to:
- introduce you to potential interdisciplinary combinations of anthropology, applied theatre/performance studies and media production so you can produce original knowledge in one or more of these academic fields;
- introduce cutting-edge theories and self-reflexive, critical research practice in all these fields;
- train you in a range of practical field research methods and media production skills to enable you to carry out the year-long fieldwork that is an integral and necessary aspect of the second year of the programme, and to produce a combination of written dissertation and media and/or performance practice;
- make you aware of the legal and ethical implications of your work and of the appropriate procedures for ensuring ethical clearance of your research;
- encourage you to develop a range of transferable skills in areas such as IT and AV media, as well as presentational, writing, team-working and foreign language skills.
Teaching and learning
This programme features a high degree of peer-group formative assessment and enquiry-based learning, along with individual supervision.
This approach fits particularly well with the reflective, action- and practice-based research typically carried out by film-makers and performers in professional contexts.
Coursework and assessment
One of the central aims of this programme is to combine visual, aural and textual media in an imaginative, self-reflexive and critically aware manner to generate original knowledge in one or more of the academic fields from which it draws, namely anthropology, applied theatre, screen studies and performance/media practice.
Career opportunities
As we are an inter-disciplinary department in Drama, our PhD students work across theatre, film and screen studies, digital humanities, and so on.
The skills gained through the PhD process are wide-ranging and varied. These include critical engagement, investigative thinking, effective communication, project management and reflexive practice.
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