Publié: 05 juin 2024
Zürich
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ETH Zürich
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Postdoc position in linguistic anthropology — Amazonian languages/cultures
100%, Zurich, fixed-term
The QUANTA project —"Evolution of Cognitive Tools for Quantification"— is a multi-national multi-disciplinary project funded by the European Research Council (ERC-Synergy) that investigates when, why, and how humans developed number systems, and why those vary so massively across cultures. The project brings together researchers from multiple disciplines and institutions in the investigation of the emergence of human quantification, counting, and numerical skills.
Project background
Exact quantification, including the ability to count, depends on both conceptual breakthroughs and cognitive tools such as numeral systems. These tools appear in striking diversity across cultures and manifest in different modalities (verbal, body-based, written, or material). To address the tantalizing questions of when, why, and how they emerged and evolved, we test two previously untestable key hypotheses: that conceptual breakthroughs and tools co-evolved, with different modalities coactively scaffolding the breakthroughs; and that the tools diversified in response to changing cultural requirements. Reconstructing this evolution is the prime goal of QUANTA.
Job description
We are looking for a highly motivated post-doctoral researcher with experience in Amazonian languages to join the QUANTA team based at ETH Zürich and led by PI Rafael Núñez. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to interact closely with the other three QUANTA teams based at University of Bergen, Norway (headquarters; PI Andrea Bender), Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany (PI Russell Gray), and University of Bordeaux-CNRS, France (PI Francesco d’Errico).
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We look forward to receiving your online application by August 15, 2024 with the following documents:
The applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged. A shortlist will be prepared on an ongoing basis and will close in September. All candidates will be informed whether they were shortlisted. Shortlisted candidates may be asked for additional documents (such as references, writing samples, etc.). The shortlisted candidates will be interviewed online during late August (and possibly September). A decision will be made by the end of September at the latest.
Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered. Questions regarding the positions should be directed to PI Rafael Núñez at E-Mail schreiben.
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Curious? So are we.
We look forward to receiving your online application by August 15, 2024 with the following documents:
The applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis, so early applications are encouraged. A shortlist will be prepared on an ongoing basis and will close in September. All candidates will be informed whether they were shortlisted. Shortlisted candidates may be asked for additional documents (such as references, writing samples, etc.). The shortlisted candidates will be interviewed online during late August (and possibly September). A decision will be made by the end of September at the latest.
Please note that we exclusively accept applications submitted through our online application portal. Applications via email or postal services will not be considered. Questions regarding the positions should be directed to PI Rafael Núñez at E-Mail schreiben.