PhD Studentship: Reimagining the River Irk Valley: A Creative and Critical Intervention Explor

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PhD Studentship: Reimagining the River Irk Valley: A Creative and Critical Intervention Exploring the Past, Present and Future of Metropolitan Regeneration
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Qualification Type:
PhD
Location:
Manchester
Funding for:
UK Students, EU Students, International Students
Funding amount:
Fully-funded PhD (home fees), stipend paid at UKRI rate (2021/22 rate £15,609)
Hours:
Full Time
Placed On:
21st February 2022
Closes:
25th March 2022
Project contact
: Professor Catherine Fletcher ( ****
Funding info
: Full-time, 3.5 years
Eligibility
: Home fees covered. Eligible overseas students will be required to make up the difference in tuition fees where funding is available.
Start date
: October 2022
Project summary
River Irk Valley is a landscape rich in history having played a key role in the industrial heritage of the city of Manchester. Now partially culverted beneath Victoria Station, the river also has been a symbol of the environmental damage that industrialisation can cause. This 3.5 year fully-funded project – organised in partnership with Manchester City Council and housed in the Leverhulme Unit for the Design of Cities of the Future
at Manchester Met - will draw upon both critical and creative strategies to investigate how the (his)tories of the River Irk might inform and challenge plans for the future of this area of Manchester.
The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to shape the project according to their own intellectual background and interests. Methodology is expected to include archival research on the history of the Irk, analysis of extant cultural representations, and a co-produced element based on work with local communities. It might further incorporate place writing, oral history research, creative cartography, and critical comparisons of the Irk and other urban rivers.
The Irk Valley is also home to Victoria North: the North of England’s most ambitious urban regeneration programme. Crucially, then, this project will interrogate how creative approaches can inform and/or challenge plans for the sustainable regeneration of Victoria North and other such developments both in the UK and internationally.
Aims and Objectives
To examine the spatial, social, and cultural histories of the Irk and its environs, and to identify key turning-points in those histories in which the local and the global are intertwined
To interrogate how people – locally, nationally, and globally – have engaged with the Irk
To develop methodologies to enable diverse communities to engage with the Irk and to imagine its histories and possible futures
To reflect on the transdisciplinary methodology to examine how creative-critical approaches to rivers and their heritage might inform the redevelopment and regeneration of urban spaces in the UK and internationally
Specific Requirements of the Project
We want to encourage the widest range of potential applicants and are committed to welcoming students from different backgrounds to apply
Applicants should ideally have or expect to receive a relevant Master’s-level qualification, or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience in a professional or voluntary setting. Suitable disciplines include history, geography, English, creative writing or heritage studies
Applicants must demonstrate an interest in urban regeneration and an enthusiasm for developing skills more widely in related areas 
How to Apply
Interested applicants should contact Professor Catherine Fletcher
for an informal discussion.
Applicants must submit a full application for admission
to the PhD programme by Friday 25 March 2022
at the latest (at this point applications must be complete including all supplementary documentation e.g. 2 x academic references).
In addition to their application for admission to the PhD Programme candidates must submit a LUDeC Funding Application
The application should be submitted to ****
. For more information refer to the guidance notes.
Closing date 5pm, Friday 25 March 2022.
Please quote the reference: ArtsHums-CF-2022-river-irk
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