Developing Local Narratives for Objects in National Collections: Lessons Learned from the "Number Please? Working with the Enfield Exchange" Project
Developing Local Narratives for Objects in National Collections: Lessons Learned from the "Number Please? Working with the Enfield Exchange" Project
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为国家收藏中的物品开发当地叙事：从“请问数字？与恩菲尔德交易所合作”项目中汲取的经验教训
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10.1111/cura.12201
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2017
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Geoghegan H
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Geoghegan H
科学、技术和工程博物馆正在开发新的方法来解释和展示他们的藏品。越来越多的物品被放在日常使用的叙述中；技术的人性方面。本文的重点是英国最后一批手动电话交换机之一的一部分，该交换机在1960年退役后被伦敦科学博物馆收购。这件手工艺品为我们提供了一个独特的视角，来了解广泛依赖于女性话务员的通信技术，这是理解20世纪性别角色的一种独特方式。作者探讨了为国家收藏的文物制定地方叙事的战略，并反思了从跨机构合作中吸取的经验教训。本文着重介绍：当地历史学家、社区事件和口述历史对发展当地叙事的价值；这些活动如何增进对电话总机的了解；通信行业的工作生活；妇女与技术之间的关系；以及可以通过合作加强收藏和博物馆实践的实用战略。
Museums of science, technology, and engineering are developing new ways of interpreting and displaying their collections. Increasingly objects are being placed within narratives of everyday use; the human side of technology. The focus of this article is a section of one of the last UK manual telephone switchboards, which was acquired by the Science Museum, London, following its decommissioning in 1960. This artifact offers a unique insight into a communication technology that relied extensively on female telephonists, a distinct way of understanding gender roles in the twentieth century. The authors explore strategies for developing local narratives for objects from national collections and reflect on lessons learned from a cross‐institutional collaboration. This article highlights: the value of local historians, community events and oral histories to developing local narratives; how these activities informed understandings of the telephone switchboard; work life in the communications industry; the relationship between women and technology; and practical strategies that can enhance collections and museum practice through collaboration.