Feminist Memory Project Phase 2 - Archival Research Fellowships - Call for Applications

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Greeting all+++

It gives us great pleasure to announce this call for applications for 10 Archival Research Fellowship positions for the second phase of the Feminist Memory Project.

We are looking for applicants who are based outside Kathmandu Valley and can produce, record and create oral histories, collect documents and photographs to add to the feminist archive, and focus on producing deep histories from their local area.

Requirements:

• All candidates have to be based outside Kathmandu 
  
• Candidates must be willing to travel around in their own areas for research, taking full COVID-19 precautions. All research fellows will be provided with Covid-19 insurance coverage. NPL will work closely with grantees to best prepare them for personal safety as well as the safety of the communities they are interacting with. 
  
• Should have a wide knowledge and network of local and surrounding region/s they are based in 
  
• Experience or interest in working with visual material, oral history, and public history 
  
• Must be able to arrange or have access to their own sound recording device (a smartphone with good audio recording, any other recording device, microphone, etc)
  
• High preference will be given to candidates who identify as women and are based in Madhesh 
  
• Must have a consistently strong internet connection. Research fellows will be provided with extra mobile data packs.
  

Who is eligible to apply?

Eligibility for the fellowship includes but not limited to:

• Local journalists
  
• Community workers
  
• Teachers
  
• Writers
  
• Social scientists
  
• Surveyors

Interested candidates should send a resume and letter of interest to ma...@nepalpicturelibrary.org by 12 September 2020. Please write “FMP Fellowship Application” in the subject of your email. In the letter of interest, please mention potential archives/collections in your locality that you see possible to put together.

FULL DETAILS: https://www.nepalpicturelibrary.org/update/feminist-memory-project-phase-2-archival-research-fellowships/

Please share widely with friends and colleagues who might be interested!

Warm greetings,

- Team NPL