Shakespeare's global communities: a research review of the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival

莎士比亚的全球社群：2012世界莎士比亚节研究回顾

• 批准号: AH/J012017/1
• 负责人: Erin Sullivan
• 金额: $ 4.02万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FJ012017%2F1
• 关键词: Shakespeare; global; communities; research; review

'Shakespeare's global communities' examines the current role Shakespeare plays in global theatrical and literary culture, taking the 2012 World Shakespeare Festival (WSF) as a core case study. Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), developed by major institutional partners such as Shakespeare's Globe and the British Museum, and funded through public and private initiatives related to the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, the WSF announces itself as 'a celebration of Shakespeare as the world's playwright' and brings together work from over 50 arts organizations from across the globe (http://www.worldshakespearefestival.org.uk/). 'Shakespeare's global communities' intends to both document and critically evaluate the creative performances and public initiatives that will be part of the WSF, questioning the way in which these activities influence or even reshape current understandings of Shakespeare as a shared cultural touchstone. While other academic projects have sought to analyse the ways in which different cultures interpret Shakespeare, the question of audience reception and interpretation of intercultural performances has received less attention. 'Shakespeare's global communities' will redress this balance by analysing the wider conversation that emerges from the WSF, analysing how the viewpoints of different communities of performers, translators, readers, and audience members all shape the significance and value Shakespeare holds for intercultural communities today.In order to achieve these ends, 'Shakespeare's global communities' includes three parts. First, it includes a research review of existing work on intercultural Shakespeare, paying particular attention to how the ideas of 'global culture' and 'community engagement' are being framed within the discourse of the Cultural Olympiad and the way in which Shakespeare fits into this picture. An important focus of the review will be on the ways in which new communications technologies have influenced the creation of different global communities related to Shakespeare.The second part of the project will build on this emphasis, creating a new online platform in partnership with The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) (http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/home.html) and Misfit, Inc. (http://misfit-inc.com/) that will allow for reviews of and reactions to WSF performances to be posted by a variety of community stakeholders, including theatre practitioners, academics, audience members, and representatives of cultural institutions. The primary source material generated from the platform will form part of the permanent archive of the WSF that will be hosted by The SBT, and it will also inform the directions the scoping study takes in suggesting areas for further research. Thirdly, the project will include two one-day workshops in which members of the core collaborative team will meet in person to discuss WSF performances. Because of the size and scope of the initiatives it is necessary to assemble a networked team of 16 researchers to attend WSF performances, post 'provocations' on the online platform for these performances, and facilitate the broader conversations that will take place. At the workshops members of the team will share findings and reflections from different parts of the WSF, and audio podcasts of this work in progress will be linked to the central online platform so as to continue informing the debate.The end result of 'Shakespeare's global communities' will be a thorough review of where academic work is now on the question of Shakespeare as catalyst for global community building, particularly in a digital age, as well as the way in which the primary material collected from the unique event of the WSF furthers our understanding of how different members of such communities understand the value of public-sector community engagement.

《莎士比亚的全球社区》以2012年世界莎士比亚节(WSF)为核心案例，考察了莎士比亚目前在全球戏剧和文学文化中所扮演的角色。WSF由皇家莎士比亚剧团制作，由莎士比亚环球剧团和大英博物馆等主要机构合作伙伴开发，并通过与2012年文化奥林匹克相关的公共和私人倡议提供资金，WSF自称是对莎士比亚作为世界剧作家的庆祝活动，并汇集了来自全球50多个艺术组织的作品(http://www.worldshakespearefestival.org.uk/).《莎士比亚的全球社区》打算记录并批判性地评估将成为WSF一部分的创造性表演和公共倡议，质疑这些活动将如何影响甚至重塑当前对莎士比亚作为共同文化试金石的理解。虽然其他学术项目试图分析不同文化对莎士比亚的解读方式，但观众对跨文化表演的接受和解释问题却没有得到太多关注。《莎士比亚的全球社区》将通过分析WSF出现的更广泛的对话，分析不同社区的表演者、译者、读者和观众的观点如何塑造莎士比亚对当今跨文化社区的意义和价值，来纠正这种平衡。为了实现这些目标，《莎士比亚的全球社区》包括三个部分。首先，它包括对现有跨文化莎士比亚作品的研究回顾，特别关注“全球文化”和“社区参与”的理念是如何在文化奥林匹克的话语中被框定的，以及莎士比亚如何融入这幅图景。审查的一个重要焦点将是新的通信技术如何影响与莎士比亚有关的不同全球社区的创建。该项目的第二部分将在这一重点的基础上，与莎士比亚诞生地信托基金(http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/home.html)和Misfit，Inc.)合作创建一个新的在线平台，允许各种社区利益攸关方，包括戏剧从业者、学者、观众和文化机构代表，发布对世界莎士比亚基金会演出的评论和反应。从该平台产生的主要原始材料将成为世界科学基金会永久档案的一部分，该档案将由SBT托管，它还将告知范围界定研究在建议进一步研究领域方面采取的方向。第三，该项目将包括两个为期一天的讲习班，核心协作小组的成员将在讲习班上面对面讨论WSF的业绩。由于活动的规模和范围，有必要召集一个由16名研究人员组成的联网团队来观看WSF的表演，在这些表演的在线平台上发布“挑衅”，并促进将发生的更广泛的对话。在研讨会上，团队成员将分享WSF不同部分的发现和思考，正在进行的这项工作的音频播客将被链接到中央在线平台，以便继续为辩论提供信息。《莎士比亚的全球社区》的最终结果将是彻底审查目前在莎士比亚作为全球社区建设催化剂的问题上的学术工作，特别是在数字时代，以及从WSF独特的活动中收集的原始材料如何进一步加深我们对这些社区的不同成员如何理解公共部门社区参与的价值的理解。