Partners in History: collaborations in regional heritage

历史伙伴：区域遗产合作

• 批准号: AH/J013390/1
• 负责人: Christine Garwood
• 金额: $ 2.54万
• 依托单位: University of Hertfordshire
• 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%2FJ013390%2F1
• 关键词: Partners; History; collaborations; regional; heritage

This application creates a team of researchers who are committed to community engagement. Their previous experience ranges from scholarly publication to innovative ways of presenting research and engaging with different audiences. They bring practical heritage experience and offer a distinctive interdisciplinary mixture: history, art history, creative writing, digital media and tourism studies. As members of the University's Heritage Hub network, the researchers will tap intellectual resources across the University and already have strong working relationships in the fields of cultural geography, education and film studies. Through this project they will share expertise with one another and with community groups. As well as history societies and museums, collaborations will include inter-general activities and previously marginalised groups to reflect Hertfordshire's demographic profile, the University's social responsibilities and the capacity of heritage to foster a sense of identity and belonging.Through the University of Hertfordshire's Heritage Hub (HH), the University has made a start on these engagements and is currently looking for methods to increase their impact and reach. This application therefore captures a momentum that exists for exactly this sort of initiative. Individual HH members have delivered successful partnership projects (funded by KEEP3, AHRC and HLF, for example) and community interest has been stirred by events around 'Remembering the First World War'. The University, HH and History Department are also gaining ground as groups begin to appreciate the enthusiasm and support that exists in their local academic community. Without financial investment, current initiatives could fail to reach full potential, while new ideas may not emerge.The HH network was formed in response to a real and urgent demand for outside engagement. What has been achieved already has demonstrated the enormous potential locked within the University, from digital storytelling to policy making, knowledge of local histories and analyses of tourist sites, and the scope to interest and address the needs of community groups. External groups often lack capacity or expertise to make the most of their resources or explore possibilities for partnership working or further research or marketing. The project would provide access to additional support, advice and networking as well as tangible results in terms of research activities, case studies, oral histories and other outputs.On their side, community groups have an impressive record of heritage activity and specialised research. We have been working in an ad hoc way with those groups that have managed to locate appropriate experts in the University, but this project would allow us to expand, democratize and systematise such activity. The University of Hertfordshire's entrepreneurial approach and unusually outward-looking perspective have shaped our ambition to carve out something new in terms of outreach, public engagement and partnership working. Three of our proposed collaborative projects - Remembering the First World War; Low Carbon Pasts; Low Carbon Futures; and Instant Oral Histories -- are designed to provide a flexible framework to hold both academic and community research.By opening the University and taking it out into the community through project open days we intend to forge greater understanding on both sides of the relationship. This will strengthen support for projects that are initiated by community groups and brought to the researchers for practical or historical advice. But it will also create new relationships. These might explore hitherto unstudied material held by groups and organisations around the county and investigate innovative methods of reaching both academic and general audiences. They have the potential to bridge a gap between academic research and its popular dissemination, create sustainable collaborations and enrich knowledge of local heritage.

该应用程序创建了一个致力于社区参与的研究人员团队。他们之前的经验涵盖从学术出版到展示研究和与不同受众互动的创新方式。他们带来了实用的遗产经验，并提供了独特的跨学科融合：历史、艺术史、创意写作、数字媒体和旅游研究。作为大学遗产中心网络的成员，研究人员将利用整个大学的智力资源，并在文化地理学、教育和电影研究领域建立了牢固的工作关系。通过这个项目，他们将彼此以及与社区团体分享专业知识。除了历史学会和博物馆之外，合作还将包括跨部门活动和以前被边缘化的群体，以反映赫特福德郡的人口概况、大学的社会责任以及遗产培养认同感和归属感的能力。通过赫特福德郡大学的遗产中心（HH），大学已经开始了这些活动，目前正在寻找扩大其影响力和影响力的方法。因此，该应用程序抓住了此类举措所存在的动力。 HH 个人成员已经完成了成功的合作项目（例如，由 KEEP3、AHRC 和 HLF 资助），围绕“纪念第一次世界大战”的活动激发了社区的兴趣。随着各团体开始欣赏当地学术界的热情和支持，大学、HH 和历史系也在取得进展。如果没有财政投资，当前的举措可能无法充分发挥潜力，而新的想法也可能不会出现。HH 网络的成立是为了响应外部参与的真实而紧迫的需求。已经取得的成就证明了大学内部的巨大潜力，从数字讲故事到政策制定、当地历史知识和旅游景点分析，以及关注和满足社区群体需求的范围。外部团体通常缺乏能力或专业知识来充分利用其资源或探索合作伙伴关系或进一步研究或营销的可能性。该项目将提供额外的支持、建议和网络，以及研究活动、案例研究、口述历史和其他产出方面的切实成果。社区团体在遗产活动和专业研究方面拥有令人印象深刻的记录。我们一直在与那些设法在大学找到合适专家的团体以临时方式合作，但这个项目将使我们能够扩大此类活动，使其民主化和系统化。赫特福德郡大学的创业方法和异常外向的视角塑造了我们在外展、公众参与和合作伙伴关系方面开拓新事物的雄心。我们提议的三个合作项目 - 纪念第一次世界大战；低碳过去；低碳期货；和即时口述历史——旨在提供一个灵活的框架来进行学术和社区研究。通过开放大学并通过项目开放日将其带入社区，我们打算加深双方关系的了解。这将加强对社区团体发起并向研究人员提供实用或历史建议的项目的支持。但它也将创造新的关系。这些可能会探索县各地团体和组织迄今为止未经研究的材料，并研究接触学术界和普通受众的创新方法。它们有潜力弥合学术研究与其大众传播之间的差距，建立可持续的合作并丰富当地遗产的知识。