Engaging People in Making History: Impact, Public Engagement and the World Beyond the Campus
Engaging People in Making History: Impact, Public Engagement and the World Beyond the Campus
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DOI：
10.1093/hwj/dbv015
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发表时间：
2015-09-01
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通讯作者：
Rivett, Gary
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作者：
King, Laura;Rivett, Gary
通过研究学术界和学术界以外的参与更长的历史，并反思最近的合作经验，本文提供了一个关键的角度对参与的理解和“影响”的历史研究今天。特别是考虑到英国高等教育的景观和最近的卓越研究框架的测量工作，我们认为，目前的方法的大学，他们之间的关系和高等教育以外的理解，促进了单向传播的模式，需要一个潜在的家长式的方法，显然是被动的公众，并有利于容易衡量的变化。我们认为，通过重新审视公共历史运动的思想渊源，我们可以更好地理解学术与公众之间关系的价值所在。我们的结论是，重新关注参与的过程-而不是具体的和容易评估的结果-更好地反映和价值的研究人员和非学术合作伙伴之间最成功的，富有成效的和民主的合作。
By examining the longer history of engagement between academics and those outside the academy and reflecting on recent experiences of collaboration, this paper provides a critical perspective on understandings of engagement and the ‘impact’ of historical research today. Considering in particular the UK higher education landscape and the recent Research Excellence Framework measurement exercise, we argue that the current approach of universities, and understandings of the relationship between them and those outside higher education, promotes a model of one-way dissemination, entails a potentially paternalistic approach to an apparently passive public, and favours easily measurable change. We suggest that by revisiting the intellectual origins of the public-history movement we can better understand where the value in the relationship between academics and the public lies. Our conclusion is that refocusing on the process of engagement – rather than specific and easily evaluated outcomes – better reflects and values the most successful, productive and democratic collaborations between researchers and non-academic partners.