VURA2023
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| Dates | - 23/10/01 |
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| Submission deadline | 2023/09/20 |
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| Tweet | Opening for a one-year research assistantship at VU Amsterdam, working with Elliott Hoey on police-bystander interactions. Deadline 20-Sep-2023 |
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Research assistantship at VU Amsterdam:
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Job opportunity for research assistant Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
The Language and Communication department is seeking a research assistant to work with dr. Elliott Hoey on an NWO-funded project “Recording under scrutiny: Dissecting disagreements over recording devices in encounters between police and bystanders” (406.XS.04.218).
To apply, send your CV and one-page cover letter explaining your motivation and research background with interactional analysis of video to e.m.hoey@vu.nl.
Project description: With the ubiquity of smartphone cameras and the rapid implementation of police body-worn cameras, modern policing has transformed into a ‘high visibility’ occupation. This increased scrutiny of police work bears major consequences for police accountability and oversight. In this new era of citizens watching the police, a distinct type of interaction has emerged: police interacting with bystanders who are recording them. These interactions embody the changing dynamic in police-community relations, but are poorly understood despite the critical need for such research. In a recent study, 76% of police officers in the US reported insufficient training on how to manage civilians recording them, and about half reported feeling as if their situational awareness was negatively impacted as a result. Moreover, police perceptions of bystander video trend largely negative, with attitudinal reports commonly featuring distress, distrust, and distraction. To address this knowledge gap, this project will examine video recordings of real police-bystander encounters where their recording devices are made salient. I will ask how recording devices figure into these conversations: who raises the matter of recording? How is the act of recording resisted, sustained, and terminated? And how do police offers productively respond to recording bystanders? This innovative project will expand our theoretical understanding of policing in the video age by examining police accountability-in-action and will provide a much-needed empirical grounding for future police guidance and training on bystander recordings.
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