CULTURAL STUDIES IN THE ARCHIVE The Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
CULTURAL STUDIES IN THE ARCHIVE The Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies
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档案中的文化研究 伯明翰当代文化研究中心
DOI：
10.1080/09502386.2013.773655
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发表时间：
2013
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影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
Hilton M
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作者：
Hilton M
当代文化研究中心（CCCS）的档案目前正在伯明翰大学吉百利研究图书馆建立。前教职员工和学生已经提供了几份证词。虽然这些文件的整体覆盖范围仍然不完整，但档案中已经有足够的资料可以开始追溯该中心从1964年成立到2002年最终作为当时的文化研究和社会学系关闭的生活。长期以来，中心各成员一直希望确保中心的先锋作用得到适当认可，并为子孙后代保留下来。在过去的几年里，已经有了一些讨论和倡议，尽管迈克尔·格林和斯图尔特·霍尔一致认为，伯明翰大学尽管有一个麻烦的过去，但它是这样一个档案的最自然的家园，但真正的推动力才得以发展。在他于2010年底英年早逝之前，迈克尔已经为联系前成员做好了一切准备。斯图尔特希望这个项目能继续下去，并帮助说服朋友和同事进入他们的地下室和阁楼，取回珍贵的CCCS文件。到目前为止，大约有12名该中心的前成员已经将他们的材料交给了该中心，增加了该中心留在大学的书面记录。除了看起来像是一整套的工作文件和年度报告之外，这个档案还包含了可以一直追溯到1964年的新闻剪报。对于未来的研究人员来说，特别有用的是中心会议的论文，特别是那些小组的论文和那些发展了文化研究硕士学位的论文。如果一名研究人员想要对该中心的工作生活，特别是从20世纪70年代初到80年代中期的工作生活有一种感觉，档案馆里的文件已经可以让这成为可能。随着进一步的证词，应当适当地记录中心的全部历史。很少有证词能与前导演理查德·约翰逊的精心组织相媲美，他的16个盒子里装着从1966年到1993年的材料。但我们需要的是与该中心有联系的个人的部分收藏。他们自己可能会这么做
An archive of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) is currently being established at the Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham. Several depositions have already been made by former staff and students. Although the collective coverage of the papers is still patchy, there is enough already in the archive to begin to trace the life of the Centre from its inception in 1964 through to its eventual closure as the then Department of Cultural Studies and Sociology in 2002. There has long been an interest from various members of CCCS to ensure that the pioneering role of the Centre is properly recognized and preserved for future generations. Several discussions and initiatives have been instigated over the last few years, though the real impetus developed once Michael Green and Stuart Hall agreed that, notwithstanding a troubled past, the University of Birmingham represented the most natural home for such an archive. Before his untimely death in late 2010, Michael had put everything in place for former members to be contacted. Stuart wished for the project to continue and has helped to cajole friends and colleagues to enter their cellars and attics to retrieve precious CCCS documents.Around a dozen former members of the Centre have so far deposited their materials, adding to the Centre’s own paper trail left at the university. In addition to creating what is looking likely to be a full set of working papers and annual reports, the archive also contains press cuttings going back all the way to 1964. Particularly useful for future researchers will be the papers of the Centre’s meetings, especially those of the sub-groups and those who developed the MA in Cultural Studies. Already, if a researcher wanted to create a sense of the working life of the Centre, especially from the early 1970s through to the mid-1980s, the papers in the archive would make this possible. With further depositions, the full history of the Centre should be properly documented. Few of the depositions will match the meticulous organization of former director Richard Johnson, whose 16 boxes contain materials covering the period from 1966 to 1993. But what are needed are the partial collections of any number of individuals associated with the Centre. On their own, they may