Research Assistant intern, Smithsonian Institution

This opportunity to intern with the Smithsonian Institution is exclusively for a full-time AUT student completing either a relevant Undergraduate or Postgraduate degree in 2017.

The internship will be with the Smithsonian Institution’s Recovering Voices Initiative at the National Museum of Natural History. Recovering Voices responds to the problem of language and knowledge endangerment by capitalizing on the Institution’s research and collections assets to support communities around the world working towards language, culture and knowledge revitalization.

Recovering Voices is seeking a research assistant from AUT to join their Washington DC based team for a 12-week internship in 2018.

The successful intern should have demonstrable exemplary skills in the archival and historical research and knowledge of film archives, proficiency in the use of excel, and an interest in film.

WORK WILL INCLUDE:

The successful candidate will work directly with the Curator of Globalization to help research catalogue films of Oceanic communities in the National Anthropological Film Collection (http://anthropology.si.edu/naa/home/hsfahome.html). Home to more than 8 million feet of film in a variety of formats (35 mm, 16 mm, 8mm, etc; silent, sync and non-sync sound), the NAFC’s collection is deeply entangled with anthropology’s history and contains unique documents of humanity’s shared history from the 1920s to the present. The research assistant will help survey the collection to detail the archive’s Oceanic films and then select several key collections to research. The resulting data will feed into the wider assessment of the collection.

SUITED TO CANDIDATES GRADUATING WITH:
  • Bachelor of Māori Development in Maori Media
  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Design
  • Bachelor of Communications Study
  • Master of Arts in Maori Development

Given the nature of the research, priority will be given to candidates with demonstrable dedication to film and archival research.

PREFERRED DATES:

12 weeks, starting February 2018.

RECRUITMENT

Applications for this role have been extended until 5pm on Monday 25 September.

STEPS TO APPLY
  • Log in to AUT Internz*.
  • Search under Public Internships to view this role.
  • Select 'Send me details' to receive an application form via email.
  • Complete and submit the application by 5pm on Monday 25 September.

*If you don't already have an AUT Internz-approved profile, please sign up now as it may take up to one week to complete and approve your profile.

NEED TO KNOW:
  • Before applying for this scholarship it is your responsibility to ensure you meet the criteria: https://internz.aut.ac.nz/students/international-internships/aut-internz-regulations
  • One AUT Internz scholarship will be offered to intern at Smithsonian Institute during 2018.
  • Scholarships will cover airfares to and from Washington DC, a US visa, a stipend to support living costs, and travel and health insurance.
  • Applications close 5pm on Monday 25 September.