The National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences / TshwaneUniversity of Technology Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Programme 2022

The Faculty of Arts and Design is based at the Arts Campus, and it has the following as its vision and mission:

Vision: To be a competitive faculty of arts and design that nurtures creativity, innovation, and cultural understanding.

Mission: As a faculty of arts and design embedded in a university of technology, we aim to contribute innovatively to the socio-economic development of South Africa by:

• developing and stimulating the artistic potential and abilities of our students through relevant, recognised and career-focused programmes in the visual, performing arts and cultural management and policy domains;
• engaging in research and innovation;
• encouraging and recognising artistic outputs;
• utilising and developing technology towards artistic expression; and
• contributing to culture-led social, economic, and physical regeneration, thereby inteacting with relevant communities through the arts.

In partnership with the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS), the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) invites applications for Postdoctoral Research Fellows with a keen interest in contextually relevant research on multi-disciplinary practices in the Creative Industries of the Global South, that will have a transformational impact on the African context in general and Southern Africa in particular.

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