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Ethiopian Echoes on the British Landscape

埃塞俄比亚对英国景观的呼应

基本信息

批准号：
AH/P007031/1
负责人：
Shawn Sobers
金额：
$ 3.08万
依托单位：
University of the West of England
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%2FP007031%2F1
关键词：
Ethiopian Echoes British Landscape

项目摘要

'Ethiopian Echoes on the British Landscape' - UN International Decade for People of African Descent in the Research Networking SchemeThe city of Bath hides a little known gem of history named Fairfield House, where an Ethiopian Emperor - who was said to descend from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba - lived with his royal family, government advisers and Ethiopian Orthodox priests, in quiet exile from 1936 - 1941. At Fairfield the Emperor had an onsite greenhouse converted into an Ethiopian Orthodox church. When the Emperor returned to Ethiopia, he gave the house to the city as a gift to be used by its elder citizens. Sounding like a story from fairy-tales, this research network project will use the basis of this very real moment in Bath's history, and explore related topics from the perspective of how it translates to the lives of today's Black and White residents living in a similar, but also changed, Bath landscape, (a landscape that the Emperor said reminded him of his Ethiopian home). To achieve this intercultural and multilayered dialogue, the project will employ a diverse range of innovative creative methods and approaches to engage audiences in debate and new forms of thinking. These approaches, such as; theatre, photography, pop-up museums, and 'safe spaces' to bring seemingly opposing groups together to find common ground, will be innovative in generating new knowledge from under-researched groups, (most specifically Ethiopian and Rastafari communities), and also by revisiting familiar ideas from new critical perspectives.The project has invited five guest curators to bring to a public audience themes, voices and debates seldom heard in open arenas, and engage history in a seamless way to discuss issues of the day, and creating new understandings in the process. The curators will present a range of themed seasons, followed by a published book which captures the whole experience for further study.The seasons of this project will engage in debates relating to;- Reluctant Sites Of Memory - Collective Security- Rastafari and Ethiopian Politics- Documenting Presence- Liberated Spaces'Ethiopian Echoes on the British Landscape' will be a unique experience for the city of Bath to not only imagine a new narrative, (different from stories of the Romans, Georgians, and Jane Austen), but to embrace a true story many of its residents didn't realise it already possesses.The University of the West of England will work with Fairfield House as its key partner, which for the past 20 years has been resident home of the Bath Ethnic Minority Senior Citizens Association (BEMSCA), who will also be a central collaborating organisation.Using multidisciplinary creative arts and social science approaches, the project will explore this central question:- 'What can Anglo-Ethiopian relations, in context of the Fairfield House story, tell us about post-colonial discourses and diversity debates concerning the African diaspora in contemporary British society?'By addressing this central key question across these five seasons of activity, this project will create a number of new dynamic networks that will facilitate the exploration of previously under-researched ideas and connections that will generate new knowledge in the fields of heritage studies, history, and post-colonial discourses, and the role of the creative arts in stimulating dialogue and creating shared value. This project will work with groups and facilitators both external to and within academia, and will create innovative bridges across formal and informal learning spaces. This project will also help position Fairfield House and the city of Bath as a site of intercultural dialogue, and play a significant role in bringing to the surface largely undocumented voices on highly topical and pertinent issues relating to the important debates regarding the dynamics of the African diaspora in contemporary Britain.

巴斯市隐藏着一个鲜为人知的历史瑰宝，名为费尔菲尔德宫（Fairfield House）。据说，一位埃塞俄比亚皇帝是所罗门国王和示巴女王的后裔，他与他的皇家、政府顾问和埃塞俄比亚东正教牧师住在一起，在1936 - 1941年间被秘密流放在费尔菲尔德，皇帝把一个温室改造成了埃塞俄比亚东正教教堂。当皇帝回到埃塞俄比亚时，他把房子作为礼物送给了城市，供老年公民使用。这个研究网络项目听起来像一个童话故事，将使用巴斯历史上这个真实的时刻的基础，并从它如何转化为今天生活在类似但也发生了变化的黑人和白色居民的生活的角度探索相关主题，巴斯景观，（皇帝说，这一景观让他想起了他的埃塞俄比亚家园）。为了实现这种跨文化和多层次的对话，该项目将采用各种创新的创造性方法和途径，使观众参与辩论和新的思维方式。这些方法，如：戏剧，摄影，弹出式博物馆和“安全空间”将看似对立的群体聚集在一起寻找共同点，将创新地从研究不足的群体中产生新的知识，（特别是埃塞俄比亚和拉斯塔法里社区），并从新的批评角度重新审视熟悉的想法。该项目邀请了五位客座策展人向公众展示主题，在公开场合很少听到的声音和辩论，并以无缝的方式参与历史，讨论当今的问题，并在这一过程中创造新的理解。策展人将展示一系列主题季节，然后出版一本书，捕捉整个经验，以供进一步研究。- 不情愿的记忆遗址-集体安全-拉斯塔法里和埃塞俄比亚政治-记录存在-解放空间'埃塞俄比亚回声对英国景观'将是一个独特的经验，巴斯市不仅想象一个新的叙事，（不同于罗马人、乔治亚人和简·奥斯汀的故事），但为了拥抱一个真实的故事，许多居民并没有意识到它已经拥有了。西英格兰大学将与费尔菲尔德之家合作，作为其主要合作伙伴，在过去的20年里，费尔菲尔德之家一直是巴斯少数民族老年公民协会（BEMSCA）的驻地，该项目将利用多学科的创意艺术和社会科学方法，探讨这一核心问题：“在费尔菲尔德庄园的故事背景下，英国与埃塞俄比亚的关系能告诉我们什么关于当代英国社会中非洲侨民的后殖民话语和多样性辩论？“通过解决这五个活动季节的核心关键问题，该项目将创建一些新的动态网络，促进对以前研究不足的想法和联系的探索，这些想法和联系将在遗产研究，历史和后殖民话语领域产生新的知识，以及创意艺术在刺激对话和创造共享价值方面的作用。该项目将与学术界内外的团体和促进者合作，并将在正式和非正式学习空间之间建立创新的桥梁。该项目还将有助于将费尔菲尔德大厦和巴斯市定位为文化间对话的场所，并发挥重要作用，使大部分未记录的声音浮出水面，这些声音涉及与当代英国非洲侨民动态有关的重要辩论的高度热门和相关问题。