Global perspectives on British Archaeology: an East Anglian model for positioning our heritage in international context

英国考古学的全球视角：在国际背景下定位我们遗产的东盎格利亚模式

• 批准号: AH/P00556X/1
• 负责人: Simon Kaner
• 金额: $ 9.97万
• 依托单位: University of East Anglia
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FP00556X%2F1
• 关键词: Global; perspectives; British; Archaeology; East

From footprints left by the earliest inhabitants of northern Europe (on Norfolk's north coast) to the buried prehistoric landscapes of the Fens (exemplified by Flag Fen), from the Neolithic flint mines of Grimes Graves to the Anglo-Saxon burial mounds of Sutton Hoo, East Anglia boasts some of the finest remains from the ancient past, of importance not only for understanding Britain, but also of global significance. And yet appreciation and presentation of these all-too-often hidden treasures remains at the local level, and is often bypassed by international visitors who may go to Stonehenge, Roman Bath or Viking York, but will mostly miss out on what the rest of the country has to offer in terms of heritage. This project will help establish a sustainable framework for presentation and research of East Anglia's heritage within a bigger international picture, including engaging communities in international cultural exchange through archaeology. It is envisaged this international positioning of East Anglian heritage can stand as a model for wider strategic thinking on presentation and management of British heritage.This project grows out of two successful exhibitions on the theme of Japanese prehistoric figurines at the British Museum, and a comparative exhibition of Japanese and European figurines at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia (2009-2010). These exhibitions attracted great public interest both in the UK and Japan. During the 2010 exhibition, an artefact from Grimes Graves was exhibited for the first time in the county where it was discovered in 1939. The extraordinary story of this Grimes Graves 'chalk goddess' inspired a series of further academic, youth and civic exchanges between Japan and the UK, demonstrating how powerful archaeology can be in revitalising local communities and for knowledge transfer and public engagement with new audiences internationally. This series of exchanges provides the inspiration and foundation for the current project.At a time of increasing challenges to local and national heritage authorities (including council heritage services and bodies such as English Heritage), this project will help develop capacity within communities to realise further potentials of heritage resources within their locality by clearly demonstrating the 'international significance' of these resources, and the potential benefits in developing international interest. This requires a reassessment of the linkages between archaeology amenity groups (including local societies and Heritage Lottery Fund community projects) with those charged with protecting the archaeological resource, academics, other heritage stakeholders (e.g. tourist boards), and development organisations (Local Enterprise Partnerships). Central elements of the project's work providing exposure to the potentials of international approaches to heritage will be exhibitions and public workshops, and digital media.The east of England has an exemplary record in researching, managing, conserving and developing the historic environment, including pioneering regional archaeological assessments, which informed future strategies for researching and managing what is recognised as a vulnerable and finite resource. In bringing a new 'international' dimension to approaches to heritage in the east of England this project aims to contribute to this exemplary evolving record. Using existing infrastructure (e.g. Festival of British Archaeology, Heritage Open Days), the project will foster new knowledge exchange between stakeholders, develop new means of interactive public engagement with archaeology, engaging new communities and audiences. It will provide access to examples of best practice in this area, hitherto limited to the anecdotal. The long-term aim of the project is to demonstrate how such an 'international' approach to East Anglia's heritage can inform policy and practice into the future, both in the UK and abroad.

从北欧最早居民留下的脚印（在诺福克北部海岸）到沼泽地区被掩埋的史前景观（以Flag Fen为例），从新石器时代的Grimes Graves燧石矿到萨顿胡的盎格鲁-撒克逊墓葬，东盎格利亚拥有一些最精美的古代遗迹，不仅对了解英国很重要，而且对全球也很重要。然而，对这些通常隐藏的宝藏的欣赏和展示仍然停留在当地，经常被国际游客绕过，他们可能会去巨石阵、罗马浴场或维京约克，但他们大多会错过这个国家其他地方提供的遗产。该项目将有助于建立一个可持续的框架，在更大的国际范围内展示和研究东安格利亚的遗产，包括通过考古让社区参与国际文化交流。预计东盎格鲁遗产的国际定位可以作为英国遗产展示和管理的更广泛战略思考的典范。这个项目源于大英博物馆两次成功的日本史前雕像主题展览，以及东安格利亚大学塞恩斯伯里视觉艺术中心的日本和欧洲雕像比较展览（2009-2010）。这些展览在英国和日本都引起了公众的极大兴趣。在2010年的展览中，一件来自格兰姆斯·格雷夫斯的文物首次在1939年被发现的郡展出。这位格莱姆斯·格雷夫斯的“粉笔女神”的非凡故事激发了日本和英国之间一系列进一步的学术、青年和公民交流，展示了考古学在振兴当地社区、知识转移和公众参与国际新受众方面的强大作用。这一系列的交流为目前的项目提供了灵感和基础。在地方和国家遗产管理机构（包括议会遗产服务和英国遗产等机构）面临越来越多挑战的时候，该项目将通过清楚地展示这些资源的“国际意义”，以及发展国际利益的潜在利益，帮助社区发展能力，以实现当地遗产资源的进一步潜力。这需要重新评估考古设施团体（包括地方社团和遗产彩票基金社区项目）与负责保护考古资源的机构、学者、其他遗产利益相关者（如旅游局）和发展组织（地方企业伙伴关系）之间的联系。项目工作的核心要素将是展览、公共研讨会和数字媒体，以展示国际遗产处理方法的潜力。英格兰东部在研究、管理、保护和发展历史环境方面有着堪称典范的记录，包括开创性的区域考古评估，这为未来研究和管理被认为是脆弱和有限资源的战略提供了信息。为了给英格兰东部的遗产带来新的“国际”维度，该项目旨在为这一堪称典范的发展记录做出贡献。利用现有的基础设施（如英国考古节、文物开放日），该项目将促进利益相关者之间的新知识交流，开发公众与考古互动的新手段，吸引新的社区和受众。它将提供迄今仅限于轶事的这一领域最佳做法的例子。该项目的长期目标是展示这种对东安格利亚遗产的“国际化”方法如何为英国和国外的未来政策和实践提供信息。