Interinstitutional Hub for Global Social MedicineDate: 23 Dec | Location: BarcelonaWe are looking for a potential postdoctoral researcher to support the Principal Investigator of an international research project funded by the European Research Council, based at the UB in the Department of Social Anthropology in the Faculty of Geography and History.
This postdoctoral researcher will conduct in-depth immersive-field research and other academic activities with the project over 3 years.
With collaboration from the PI and support from advisors, this postdoctoral researcher will focus on the production, distribution, and consumption of Spanish Citrus in contexts of migration and environmental change.This project seeks to understand the invisibilization of connections between migrants and the societies of which they form part, specifically linking this theme to the impact of climate change —such as rising heat, droughts, and especially recent important floods— focusing on how the environment interacts with existing forms of social inequality, including workplace, ethnic and racial hierarchies.
The project will be based on in-depth participant observation (and perhaps observant participation) ethnography conducted during 18 months of immersive, full-time fieldwork with migrant farmworkers (production), transportation and supply chain workers (transportation), and consumers (consumption) of fruits and vegetables within what the project conceptualizes as "food circuits" that are also affected by climate change.Job Description:The postdoctoral researcher will focus on the relations between humans and the environment —including climate change— on the harvesting, transportation, distribution, and consumption of Spanish Citrus.The researcher will focus on oranges and their national and regional significance within Spanish gastronomic identity, exploring how this importance may intersect with environmental challenges impacting the food circuit.
This includes comparing the specific struggles affecting oranges to those affecting similar crops, such as lemons, along with examining the experiences of individuals involved in their cultivation, harvesting, and transportation.The postdoctoral researcher will take part in collaborative co-leading of presentation and publication ventures, including conference panels and journal special issues.
The researcher will also help foster visual ethnography.
Additionally, the researcher will actively participate in collaborative research and dissemination ventures.We seek highly motivated candidates to:Work as part of a team in an international, innovative, and multi-circuited project.Conduct in-depth, immersive ethnographic field research, leading the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of Spanish Citrus in Contexts of Migration and Environmental Change Circuit of the project.#J-18808-Ljbffr