Enduring Connections

持久的联系

• 批准号: AH/P007635/1
• 负责人: Sara Penrhyn Jones
• 金额: $ 10.19万
• 依托单位: Bath Spa University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FP007635%2F1
• 关键词: Enduring; Connections

'We value our heritage most when it seems at risk; threats of loss spur owners to stewardship.' (David Lowenthal, 1996) Climate change is the greatest challenge of our times, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and combating its impacts is one of the key UN Sustainable Development Goals. One symptom of our rapidly warming world is accelerated sea level rise. With 150 million people across the world living within 3 feet of today's water levels, the consequences will affect each of us directly or indirectly. Former president of Kiribati, Anote Tong, describes the relationship between sustainable development and climate change as 'inseparable'. For Small Island Developing States, addressing development challenges while planning for climate change is a constant struggle. Kiribati is a low-lying island nation in the Pacific Ocean, and is often defined by the grim prognosis for its future. Yet there are pressing development challenges which affect people's lives in Kiribati today, such as access to clean water, and dealing with increasing amounts of waste. As Claire Anterea from the environmental organisation Kirican has said 'we will drown in rubbish before we drown in water'. This project team will work with Kirican, in Kiribati, to co-design a community-level programme towards sustainable development. This grassroots approach will inform the broader development field about the specific challenges facing Kiribati, and Small Islands Developing States more generally.If heritage in its most fundamental sense is about what we value collectively, and want to preserve for the future, then it is entirely logical that academics and practitioners in the heritage field should care about the environment and sustainable development. According to a recent UNESCO report, climate change poses the greatest risk to world heritage, yet heritage concerns are not as prominent as they should be in this field. One of Kiribati's adaptation strategies is to plan for 'migration with dignity' for its population of over 110,000. We will consult with heritage organisations in Kiribati to find out how and whether they are planning for climate change and even potential displacement. This responds to more general concerns amongst global preservation professionals, such as archivists, about their own role within climate adaptation. Should the relocation of cultural resources and archives of climate-vulnerable nations be planned? How could such an enterprise could be managed practically and ethically, and by whom? The research team will also collaborate with the artist and cultural expert Natan Itonga to make a film evoking the rich cultures of Kiribati. This is part of a creative process that aims to understand the local meaning of heritage in Kiribati, and promote awareness of what is at stake. Overall, this project explores both the scope and limitations of attempts to 'preserve' heritage in face of rapid environmental change or when the natural environment itself is heritage at risk. What can be 'saved' at all when the impacts of climate change are so catastrophic for nations like Kiribati, and is it still meaningful to talk about sustainable development?This project works through ideas of loss but focuses on connections; specifically, finding enduring connections to potentially lost objects to carry us into the future, caring for our current connections to land, water and non-human life, and accepting moral connections between the most polluting- and vulnerable- countries. As Anote Tong said to participants at the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit in 2013: 'Are we here to secure the future of each other's children or just our own?' Within this project, heritage is positioned as a pivotally important field of expertise for understanding that global challenges of magnitude will nonetheless be felt locally, everywhere.

当我们的遗产面临风险时，我们最珍视它;损失的威胁促使所有者进行管理。“（大卫洛文塔尔，1996年）根据政府间气候变化专门委员会的说法，气候变化是我们这个时代最大的挑战，应对其影响是联合国可持续发展目标的关键之一。我们这个世界迅速变暖的一个症状是海平面加速上升。全世界有1.5亿人生活在离今天的水位不到3英尺的地方，其后果将直接或间接地影响到我们每个人。基里巴斯前总统汤安诺（Anote Tong）将可持续发展与气候变化之间的关系描述为“不可分割”。对小岛屿发展中国家来说，在应对发展挑战的同时规划气候变化是一场持续的斗争。基里巴斯是太平洋上的一个低洼岛国，其未来往往被严峻的预测所定义。然而，基里巴斯目前面临着影响人民生活的紧迫发展挑战，例如获得清洁用水和处理日益增多的废物。正如来自环境组织Kirican的Claire Anterea所说：“我们会在淹死在水里之前淹死在垃圾里。该项目小组将与基里巴斯的Kirican合作，共同设计一个社区一级的可持续发展方案。这种基层方法将使更广泛的发展领域了解基里巴斯和小岛屿发展中国家面临的具体挑战。如果遗产在最基本的意义上是关于我们共同重视的东西，并希望为未来保护，那么遗产领域的学者和从业人员应该关心环境和可持续发展是完全合乎逻辑的。根据联合国教科文组织最近的一份报告，气候变化对世界遗产构成了最大的风险，但遗产问题在这一领域并没有得到应有的重视。基里巴斯的适应战略之一是为其11万多人口规划“有尊严的移徙”。我们将咨询基里巴斯的遗产组织，以了解他们如何以及是否正在为气候变化甚至潜在的流离失所做计划。这回应了全球保护专业人士（如档案管理员）对自己在气候适应中的作用的普遍担忧。气候脆弱国家的文化资源和档案的迁移是否应该有计划？这样一个企业如何能够得到实际和合乎道德的管理，由谁来管理？研究小组还将与艺术家和文化专家Natan Itonga合作，制作一部唤起基里巴斯丰富文化的电影。这是一个创造性过程的一部分，旨在了解基里巴斯遗产的当地意义，并提高对利害关系的认识。总的来说，这个项目探讨了在面对快速的环境变化或自然环境本身处于危险之中时，试图“保护”遗产的范围和局限性。当气候变化的影响对基里巴斯这样的国家造成如此灾难性的影响时，还有什么可以“拯救”的呢？谈论可持续发展还有意义吗？这个项目通过损失的想法工作，但重点是连接;具体来说，找到持久的连接到潜在的失去的对象，使我们进入未来，照顾我们目前的连接到土地，水和非人类生活，并接受最污染-和脆弱-国家之间的道德联系。正如汤安诺在2013年德里可持续发展峰会上对与会者所说的那样：“我们在这里是为了确保彼此孩子的未来，还是仅仅为了我们自己的未来？”“在这个项目中，遗产被定位为一个至关重要的专业领域，以了解全球性的巨大挑战仍然会在当地，在任何地方感受到。

项目成果

From drops to a sea: Individuals, communities, protection policies and environmental crises

从水滴到大海：个人、社区、保护政策和环境危机

• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Penrhyn Jones, S

Enduring Connections, Heritage, sustainable development and climate change in Kiribati

基里巴斯的持久联系、遗产、可持续发展和气候变化

• 发表时间: 2017
• 期刊: Journal of Museum Ethnography
• 作者: Woodham A

THE ART OF LISTENING: making a difference through 'Enduring Connections' (a practical resource for research planning and implementation)

倾听的艺术：通过“持久联系”发挥作用（研究规划和实施的实用资源）

• 发表时间: 2017
• 作者: Brody A

What is participatory media and how can documentary film be useful in a research context?

什么是参与式媒体以及纪录片如何在研究中发挥作用？

• 发表时间: 2018
• 作者: Jones S P

The Archivist's role in a climate-changed or post-displacement future (SESSION: ARCHIVAL POWER & AGENCY)

档案管理员在气候变化或流离失所后的未来中的作用（会议：档案力量

• 发表时间: 2017
• 作者: Gordon-Clark, M