Project: Culture & Climate Change/Engaging Chicago’s Diverse Communities in the Chicago Climate Action Plan
Position: Anthropologist
Project Schedule: Mid-March 2010–Mid-September 2010 (6 mo., part-time)
Application Deadline: March 8, 2010
Description: The Chicago Cultural Alliance (Alliance) seeks an anthropologist to work on an asset-mapping project that involves ethnography and training. The anthropologist will work as part of a team to help two Alliance organizations identify community concerns and eco-friendly values and practices that they can draw on to help their communities become more sustainable and climate-friendly. The project will be conducted in partnership with The Field Museum’s division of Environment, Culture, and Conservation (ECCo). ECCo is conducting rapid inventories of various Chicago neighborhoods to recommend steps for the Chicago Department of Environment to engage communities in successful implementation of the Chicago Climate Action Plan (CCAP). The anthropologist’s primary responsibility will be to work with Field Museum and Alliance member staff to conduct rapid participatory fieldwork research; analyze the research; and write reports to be submitted to the Alliance and the Department of Environment.
Required Qualifications:
· Master’s degree in Anthropology or Sociology
· Ability to work under tight deadlines
· Experience working in Chicago neighborhoods
· Interest in applied anthropology: conducting rapid research and quickly translating it into recommendations and action plans
To Apply: Please email cover-letter, current CV, and names of references to Rebeccah Sanders, Executive Director: rsanders@chicagoculturalalliance.org
For more information: http://www.chicagoclimateaction.org/
Please note that this is a grant funded contract positoin that will be part-time for 6-months. The Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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