Ecologies of Modern Heritage: Studying the Cultural and Material Environments of Recent Historical Change

在遗产科学中发展跨学科合作的一个基石是对共享研究领域的定义，在这个领域中，基于科学和艺术/人文学科的研究人员可以在平等的基础上进行合作。因此，确定遗产的物质、环境和人文维度之间的重叠点是开展跨学科研究的关键的第一步。该研究集群专注于现代遗产的多学科研究，并采用“遗产生态学”的理念来促进对其解释和表现的新合作。作为对最近由EPSRC和英国遗产资助的两个研究项目成果的回应，现代遗产生态学汇集了领先的研究人员——从工程、生态学、微生物学和保护到规划、人类学、考古学和创意艺术——并与高等教育以外的一系列利益相关者合作，包括专业遗产部门。该集群将运行超过5个月，召开两次密集的特定场地研讨会，以巴克斯的布莱切利公园场地为案例研究。该集群将与英国遗产和布莱切利公园信托基金会合作开展，他们都将代表集群指导委员会。布莱切利公园是一个标志性的国际公认的历史遗址，特别是与技术历史和20世纪的军事史有关。协调非物质遗产、国际历史意义、该遗址的当代文化和经济价值，以及保护和管理藏品、建筑和景观的材料结构的需求，是布莱切利公园信托基金会当前面临的紧迫挑战，也是许多其他遗产利益相关者共同面临的挑战。该集群将测试和发展“遗产生态学”的概念，作为跨越学科界限的遗产科学研究发展的一个主题，并实现社会和经济影响。它将促进4-5个研究团队之间的新合作（从参与者的核心小组中发展），这将导致来自集群参与者的进一步赠款申请，无论是通过遗产科学项目还是通过响应模式呼叫。还将鼓励、特别是通过项目网站促进更广泛的参与。该小组的讲习班活动将记录在简报中，并将通过项目网站提供。研讨会的成果将通过开放大学主办的公共研讨会（距离布莱切利公园约10分钟路程）进行传播，该研讨会将邀请广泛的遗产利益相关者参加，并通过2009年7月的遗产科学会议以及与“解释与表现”单元的其他小组的联系进行传播。该集群不仅将发展对遗产科学与现代遗产相关的挑战和潜力的新理解，而且还将致力于为布莱切利公园的解释和表现留下切实的贡献。

A cornerstone of developing interdisciplinary collaboration in heritage science is the definition of shared fields of enquiry, in which science- and arts/humanities-based researchers can collaborate on an equal footing. Defining points of overlap between the material, environmental and human dimensions of the heritage is therefore a crucial first step in developing research that crosses disciplinary boundaries. This Research Cluster focuses on the multi-disciplinary study of modern heritage, and employs the idea of 'heritage ecologies' to facilitate new collaborations in their interpretation and representation. Responding to the outcomes of two recent research projects funded by EPSRC and English Heritage, Ecologies of Modern Heritage brings together leading researchers - from engineering, ecology, microbiology and conservation to planning, anthropology, archaeology and the creative arts - and engages with a range of stakeholders from outside higher education, including the professional heritage sector.The Cluster will operate over 5 months, convening two intensive site-specific workshops that use the site of Bletchley Park, Bucks as a case study. The Cluster will be carried out in partnership with English Heritage and the Bletchley Park Trust, who will both be represented on the Cluster Steering Committee. Bletchley Park is an iconic and internationally-recognised historic site, associated especially with the history of technology and 20th-century military history. Reconciling intangible heritage, the international historical significance and contemporary cultural and economic values of the site, with the demands of conservation and management of the material fabric of collections, buildings and landscapes is a current and pressing challenge for the Bletchley Park Trust, and one that is shared by many other heritage stakeholders. The Cluster will test and develop the idea of 'heritage ecologies' as a rubric for the development of heritage science research that crosses disciplinary boundaries, and that achieves social and economic impact. It will facilitate new collaborations between 4-5 Research Teams (developed from within a Core Group of participants) that will lead to further grant applications, whether through the Heritage Science programme or through responsive-mode calls, from Cluster participants. Broader participation in the Cluster will be also be encouraged, promoted especially through the project website. The Cluster's workshop activities will be documented in briefing notes, which will be made available through the project website. The outcomes of the workshops will be disseminated through a public workshop hosted by Open University (some 10 minutes from Bletchley Park), to which a wide range of heritage stakeholders will be invited, through the Heritage Science conference in July 2009, and through liaison with other Clusters in the 'Interpretation and Representation' cell. The Cluster will not only develop new understanding of the challenges and potentials of heritage science in relation to modern heritage, but will also aim to leave behind a tangible contribution to the interpretation and representation of Bletchley Park.