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Connecting commemorative communities: Transforming memory-work after conflict in Northern Ireland

连接纪念社区：北爱尔兰冲突后转变记忆工作

基本信息

批准号：
AH/M006875/1
负责人：
Sara McDowell
金额：
$ 9.89万
依托单位：
University of Ulster
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FM006875%2F1
关键词：
Connecting commemorative communities Transforming memory

项目摘要

As Northern Ireland works through its Decade of Commemorations (leading up to the centenary of its contested creation in 2021) the challenges facing public bodies to mediate partisan narratives of the past and diffuse associated tension and violence has perhaps never been greater. Commemorative-related violence, the subject of our exploratory award, remains a potent symbol of continuing divisions and has important ramifications for a society in transition. Yet an integral part of transforming this type of violence is engaging with and learning from remembrance practices that do not tend to instigate violence or those places where we found commemorative-related violence to have dissipated throughout the 'post-conflict' years. The city of Derry/Londonderry offers one such example. An outpouring of violence leading up to or following commemorative parades was commonplace throughout the peace process and in the immediate aftermath of the signing of the Belfast Agreement in 1998, but subsided as the years progressed. Unpacking this transformation is key to formulating policies towards shared and ethical remembrance. How might the practices and processes that have occurred in spaces such as this be replicated or managed elsewhere?This follow-on proposal emerged from the outcomes of our exploratory project, 'Place or Past?' and works from the premise that there are examples of good practice within how the past is remembered and commemorated in specific places throughout Northern Ireland. The project found that these are 'exemplary spaces' where commemorative-related violence has disappeared throughout the post-agreement years. With a view to enhance present and future practice and approaches to commemoration, our focus is not on what instigates conflict (the subject of our original project), but rather to engage with, evaluate and share the 'good' practice that has occasioned improved inter-communal relations and non-violence around commemorative activities. The overarching aim of this follow-on proposal therefore is to 'connect' commemorative communities through establishing and profiling an advocacy network of practice that is working in the 'new' Northern Ireland (through the exploitation of our existing research findings) and promote knowledge exchange between those who are involved in commemoration and remembrance and the public bodies who are tasked with responding to and managing commemoration in a post-conflict context working alongside four partners: The Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, the Northern Ireland Community Council and The Junction. The project is led by a team of interdisciplinary academics based in Northern Ireland, at the University of Ulster and Queen's University, Belfast. A series of activities including residential training courses, public engagement events, exhibits and showcases are planned for the 12 month project duration. The primary focus of these activities is to strengthen opportunities for knowledge exchange and network building beyond the academy with the ultimate purpose of transforming negative attitudes, behaviour and relationships around commemoration. A key outcome of the project is to design, establish and disseminate a toolkit for use by public bodies and community organisations. This toolkit will provide a detailed approach of how remembrance and commemoration can be both shared and ethical in its practice. The project is designed to create dialogue with the past, the present and the future. In developing mechanisms for network-building and knowledge exchange in the present, focused on how the past is understood and approached, this project traces a path towards less contentious, less violent and less costly commemorative activities now and in the future. In this way, the Connecting Commemorative Communities team are centrally concerned with caring for the future, through caring for the past.

随着北方爱尔兰在其纪念十年中的工作（直到2021年其有争议的成立一百周年），公共机构在调解过去的党派叙事和扩散相关的紧张局势和暴力方面面临的挑战可能从未如此之大。纪念性暴力是我们探索奖的主题，它仍然是持续分裂的有力象征，对转型期社会具有重要影响。然而，改变这类暴力的一个组成部分是参与并学习那些不倾向于煽动暴力的纪念做法，或者我们发现与纪念有关的暴力在整个“冲突后”岁月中已经消失的地方。德里/伦敦德里市就是这样一个例子。在整个和平进程中以及在1998年签署《贝尔法斯特协定》之后，在纪念游行前后爆发暴力事件是司空见惯的事，但随着时间的推移，暴力事件逐渐平息。解开这一转变是制定政策以实现共享和道德纪念的关键。在这样的空间中发生的做法和过程如何在其他地方复制或管理？这个后续的建议出现在我们的探索性项目的结果，'地点或过去？“和工程的前提下，有良好的做法的例子内如何记住和纪念过去在特定的地方在整个北方爱尔兰。该项目发现，这些是“模范空间”，在协议签署后的几年里，与纪念有关的暴力行为已经消失。为了加强当前和未来的纪念做法和方法，我们的重点不是煽动冲突的因素（我们最初项目的主题），而是参与、评估和分享“良好”做法，这种做法促进了社区间关系的改善和纪念活动的非暴力。因此，这一后续提案的总体目标是通过建立和介绍一个在“新”北方爱尔兰工作的宣传实践网络，“连接”纪念社区（通过利用我们现有的研究成果）并促进参与纪念和纪念活动的人与负责应对和管理纪念活动的公共机构之间的知识交流，在冲突背景下，该中心与四个伙伴合作：北方爱尔兰警察局、文化、艺术和休闲部、北方爱尔兰社区理事会和The Junction。该项目由北方爱尔兰阿尔斯特大学和贝尔法斯特女王大学的一组跨学科学者领导。在为期12个月的项目期间，计划举办一系列活动，包括住宿培训课程、公众参与活动、展览和展示。这些活动的主要重点是加强学术界以外的知识交流和网络建设的机会，最终目的是改变围绕纪念活动的消极态度、行为和关系。该项目的一个主要成果是设计、建立和传播一个工具包，供公共机构和社区组织使用。该工具包将提供一个详细的方法，说明如何在纪念和纪念活动中既分享又符合道德规范。该项目旨在创造与过去、现在和未来的对话。在发展当前网络建设和知识交流机制的过程中，该项目侧重于如何理解和对待过去，从而为现在和将来开展争议较少、暴力较少和费用较低的纪念活动开辟了一条道路。通过这种方式，连接纪念社区团队主要关注的是通过关心过去来关心未来。