<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-25098537-7fff-d268-39c8-6cd96d08eb3d"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Dear Fellow Maintainers,<font color="#000000"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">We are pleased to announce an open call for summer research fellows!<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">READ MORE BELOW AND PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!<font color="#000000"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">The Maintainers are seeking up to three research fellows for August - September 2021 to conduct literature reviews and landscape scans of scholarship and practice-based initiatives that engage deeply in key topics related to maintenance, repair, and infrastructure. We are especially interested in these four questions:<font color="#000000"> <ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">How do race, ethnicity, and gender relate to maintenance?</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">What are some intersectional and multidimensional approaches to infrastructure planning and compensation for maintenance and care work?</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">What are the overlaps and tensions between maintenance and the environment?</li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">How can business practices in areas such as accounting, finance, human resources, etc., contribute to humanistic and political goals of achieving a more caring and well-maintained world?</li></ul><font color="#000000"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">Compensation is $3500 per position, with half paid in early July, and half paid upon submission of the final report/deliverables. This fellowship is open to skilled applicants from a wide range of backgrounds - practitioners, freelancers, and students are all encouraged to apply.<font color="#000000"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">These fellowships will run from August 2021 to the end of September 2021. The final report/deliverables will be due no later than October 8, 2021. Please refer to the <a href="https://themaintainers.org/summer-fellow" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">summer fellows webpage</a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more details on how to apply.<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"> <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">We&#39;ll post the call on the Twitter account today - if you are active on the platform, please consider retweeting!

</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please reach out </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">with any questions. </span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000"></font></span></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Kind regards,</span></font></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap">Jessica</span></font></p></font></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="2" color="#444444" face="arial, sans-serif"><b>Jessica Meyerson</b></font></span></div><div><div><font color="#999999" face="arial, sans-serif">Pronouns: she/her/hers</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Working from Austin, TX</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#212121" face="arial, sans-serif"></font></span><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font color="#999999">Deputy Director</font><font color="#212121"> | </font></span><font color="#444444"><a href="http://educopia.org/" target="_blank">Educopia Institute</a></font></font></div><div><div><font color="#444444" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://themaintainers.org/" target="_blank">The Maintainers</a>, co-director</font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="arial, sans-serif">Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society, Fellow</font></div></div><div><font color="#444444" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Contact me: (512) 864-4575</font><br></div></div><div>Schedule a time to chat: <a href="https://calendly.com/jmeyerson" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/jmeyerson</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><i>My regular working hours are Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm CDT, UTC -5.</i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>