12201168064?profile=originalThe National Trust cares for photography collections, numbering over 400,000 image-objects across approximately 250 sites, most of which are under-recognised and under-researched. Spanning the 1840s to the twenty-first century, these photographs are uniquely placed to illuminate social and (globalised) national values through themes such as status, family, travel, leisure, work and labour.

Employing existing image-led digital technologies, Distilling the Photographic Mass: Photography and Digital Heritage at the National Trust is designed to consolidate the National Trust’s photography collections as a means to tease out their dynamic cultural significance in the past and present day. While the National Trust has already digitized part of the photography collections, their potential relevance and employment as digital heritage for public engagement requires exploration and clarification. The project will therefore give particular attention to the question of how digital technologies can diversify audiences, deepen understanding of imperial-era holdings and, as a consequence, foreground less visible aspects of British heritage more broadly. In answering this and related questions, it is intended that the project will demonstrate how digital image cultures may assist heritage industries in fulfilling their aims and social obligations.

As part of the studentship, the successful applicant will have access to the professionally rewarding and challenging institutional environment at the National Trust. They will be given in-house professional training of relevance to their research and have opportunities to gain hands-on understanding of curatorial practices at one of the world’s most renowned heritage institutions. The project is therefore equally designed to equip the successful applicant with subject-specific academic and professional skills alike.

The Project's Lead Supervisor is Dr Gil Pasternak (Photographic History Research Centre – PHRC / De Montfort University), the Second Supervisor is Dr Giuliana Tiripelli (Media Discourse Research Centre – MDC / De Montfort University) and the Third Supervisor is Dr Catherine Troiano (National Trust).

See more and apply here: https://photographichistory.wordpress.com/2021/05/29/phd-studentship-in-photography-and-digital-heritage/

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