The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), a multidisciplinary institute that integrates several centers and programs devoted to promote interest in the region, is the oldest Latin American Studies program in the United States and one of the best worldwide.
LLILAS is currently recruiting interns who are interested in digital arts and media for the Fall 2012 semester. The internship is open to undergraduate students enrolled in any UT college or school who may be interested in pursuing graduate degrees or working on Latin American issues and/or digital arts and media. Interns must be available to work about 6-10 hours a week during the semester. Several positions are available; please apply as soon as possible.
Multimedia and Video Production
This internship position will help us to enhance our multimedia resources (videos and audio podcasts), and interns will gain the opportunity to showcase their work through our website and social media outlets. Interns will be in charge of filming our events and producing a series of short clips featuring our scholarly activities, including interviews with faculty, visiting professors, or students, highlights of public programs, etc.
Duties include filming and video production (video and/or audio editing, preparation of graphics, titles, translation subtitles, music, and photos) plus audio podcast editing and mixing. Hours are flexible, but applicants should be willing to work during some evenings. Candidates should have access to all the necessary equipment including cameras, mikes, and appropriate software. Applicants should submit a cover letter, résumé, and online portfolio with sample of videos produced. To see samples of videos produced by our students, visit 2012 Fulbright Visiting Professor in Environmental Sciences and Policy and Haiti: Between Destruction and Hope.
Website Development for Faculty Pages
Are you interested in helping our faculty members showcase their work more effectively? Do you have experience with basic web development? This could be the position for you. We are seeking interns who can work closely with Latin Americanist faculty to design their non-UT-affiliated web pages. Here faculty can publish information about their research, publications, teaching, and social media activities. Depending on faculty needs, the assignments may involve working with free basic web templates or developing more sophisticated web designs. Once the design is completed, interns should be able to train faculty to update their page content. In addition to a cover letter and résumé, applicants should show proof of their web development experience by submitting an online portfolio. To see a sample developed by a former LLILAS intern, visit the page of Dr. Leticia Marteleto.
Photography
We are recruiting students who are passionate about photography. The intern would provide photographic coverage of selected LLILAS public events and other LLILAS programs as needed. This internship represents a great opportunity for broadening your experience: selected photos can be posted on our website and our social media sites or used in our publications (work will be credited). Successful candidates should have experience taking high-resolution digital photographs and should have access to a high-quality digital camera. Access to other photographic equipment, such as a variety of lenses, tripod, and flash, is a plus. The candidate should also have basic experience with photo editing. Hours are flexible, but applicants should be willing to work during some evenings.
Digital Archives
AILLA is a digital archive of recordings, texts, and other data in or about indigenous languages of Latin America. The heart of the collection is recordings, both audio and video, in a wide range of genres such as narratives, chants, oration, conversations, songs, and more. Many recordings are transcribed and translated into Spanish, English or Portuguese.
Interns will process and catalog linguistic and anthropological data and to archive these data at AILLA. The multi-media data (texts, audio recordings, video recordings) might be in digital or analog format, or a combination of the two. When working with analog media, interns will learn to create digital files for archiving. As part of the language archiving process, interns learn about language documentation, data analysis and synthesis, data preservation, and best-practices for research record-keeping. Applicants must be able to read, write and understand spoken Spanish, and have basic computer skills. Students from any field are welcome to work on this project, though it may be of particular interest to students in linguistics, anthropology.
To apply: Please e-mail all application materials to Paloma Diaz by August 30, 2013 (early applications encouraged). The application package should include: (1) a résumé indicating language and computer skills; (2) a cover letter stating why you are interested in the position or positions (including research topics or disciplines of interest); (3) information about your fall schedule and available hours; and (4) the name and contact information of at least two UT faculty members or previous employers who are willing to provide us with references. Please see above internship position descriptions for additional application instructions.