Child Cargo; Public engagement and learning from research into the Trans-Atlantic slave trade Abolitionists' campaign

儿童货物；

• 批准号: AH/M004937/1
• 负责人: John Oldfield
• 金额: $ 10.18万
• 依托单位: University of Hull
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FM004937%2F1
• 关键词: Child; Cargo; Public; engagement; learning

Slavery is an issue of absorbing concern in today's society, as evidenced by the increasing number of news stories about trafficking and forced labour, many of them on our own doorsteps. It is estimated that there are 30 million slaves in the world today, a figure roughly equivalent to 50 per cent of the UK's population. Yet it is one thing to identify this problem, another to do something about it. The current project speaks to the need to create a modern anti-slavery movement and, as a first step, to educate our children about slavery, in both its historical and contemporary forms. To that end, the aim of the proposed engagement activity is to devise an educational package (songs, music, lesson plans, DVD) and a parallel music event for public performance, as a means of introducing school children and the wider public to the scale and complexity of slavery, as well as to the life experiences of those caught in its grip, past and present. The model here is 'Cargo', which was written and composed by Paul Field in 2007 with input from members of the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) at the University of Hull. The success of 'Cargo', which has been seen by over 70,000 people in the UK, France, Holland and the USA, demonstrates that quite complex ideas about slavery and abolition can be conveyed through music and drama. The current proposal, 'Child Cargo', draws on the knowledge and expertise of the same creative artists, principally Paul Field, as well as the expertise of schoolteachers and researchers at WISE. As a first step, the project team will need to decide on content and choose appropriate themes and subject matter. This will necessarily involve a series of workshops involving all of the team members -- who will also seek the assistance of interested parties, including teachers and members of community groups (e.g. Hull Black History Partnership, Hull Freedom Festival). It is expected that most of the content consultation will be concentrated into this first phase of the project, which will take up to three months to complete. Thereafter, the emphasis will shift to the creative element of the project: writing songs, developing visuals, consultation with teachers, and, finally 'road testing' the end result at Hull's Freedom Festival in September 2015. By its very nature, this is a collaborative project, involving those working within and without higher education institutions. WISE already has established links with local schools in Hull and surrounding region. It also has close links with local community groups and with museums and archives, including the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool and the National Maritime Museum in London. We have already consulted widely with these groups and with the National Association of Schoolmasters and Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT), Anti-Slavery International and Stop The Traffik, who have become Project Partners to add their expertise and weight to the enterprise. In developmental terms, we are able to draw on the expertise of digital media staff within the University of Hull (Scarborough) and across the University as a whole. The University of Hull is the lead institution in the AHRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Heritage. The management team will therefore have access to experts in museums and heritage interpretation, public engagement and the more than 70 international heritage organizations of the CDT. Similarly, members of WISE have links with Hull's Freedom Festival, which regularly attracts an audience of 80,000, and have been involved in the University's contribution to Hull City of Culture 2017. The project will therefore support the development of the comprehensive approach needed to raise awareness of modern slavery and to maximise impact from the completed research and this follow-on proposal.

奴隶制是当今社会备受关注的一个问题，越来越多的有关贩卖人口和强迫劳动的新闻报道就证明了这一点，其中许多就发生在我们家门口。据估计，当今世界有 3000 万奴隶，这一数字大致相当于英国人口的 50%。然而，发现这个问题是一回事，采取行动解决这个问题又是另一回事。当前的项目表明需要发起一场现代反奴隶制运动，第一步是教育我们的孩子了解奴隶制的历史和当代形式。为此，拟议的参与活动的目的是设计一个教育包（歌曲、音乐、课程计划、DVD）和一个并行的公开表演音乐活动，作为向学童和广大公众介绍奴隶制的规模和复杂性，以及过去和现在受其控制的人们的生活经历的一种手段。这里的模型是“Cargo”，由 Paul Field 于 2007 年编写并创作，并参考了赫尔大学威尔伯福斯奴隶制与解放研究所 (WISE) 成员的意见。英国、法国、荷兰和美国超过 70,000 人观看了《Cargo》的成功，这表明可以通过音乐和戏剧传达有关奴隶制和废除奴隶制的相当复杂的想法。当前的提案“儿童货物”借鉴了同一位创意艺术家（主要是 Paul Field）的知识和专业知识，以及 WISE 学校教师和研究人员的专业知识。第一步，项目团队需要决定内容并选择适当的主题和主题。这必然涉及一系列涉及所有团队成员的研讨会，他们还将寻求感兴趣的各方的帮助，包括教师和社区团体的成员（例如赫尔黑人历史伙伴关系、赫尔自由节）。预计大部分内容咨询将集中在该项目的第一阶段，该阶段最多需要三个月才能完成。此后，重点将转向该项目的创意元素：写歌、开发视觉效果、与老师协商，最后在 2015 年 9 月的赫尔自由节上“道路测试”最终结果。从本质上讲，这是一个合作项目，涉及高等教育机构内外的工作人员。 WISE 已经与赫尔及周边地区的当地学校建立了联系。它还与当地社区团体以及博物馆和档案馆有着密切的联系，包括利物浦的国际奴隶制博物馆和伦敦的国家海事博物馆。我们已经与这些团体以及全国校长和女教师联盟 (NASUWT)、反奴隶制国际组织和 Stop The Traffik 进行了广泛协商，他们已成为项目合作伙伴，为企业增添专业知识和影响力。从发展的角度来看，我们能够利用赫尔大学（斯卡伯勒）和整个大学的数字媒体人员的专业知识。赫尔大学是 AHRC 遗产博士培训中心的牵头机构。因此，管理团队将能够接触博物馆和遗产解读、公众参与以及 CDT 70 多个国际遗产组织方面的专家。同样，WISE 成员与赫尔自由节有联系，该节定期吸引 80,000 名观众，并参与了大学对 2017 年赫尔文化城的贡献。因此，该项目将支持制定所需的综合方法，以提高对现代奴隶制的认识，并最大限度地发挥已完成的研究和后续提案的影响。