Practising Reparative Histories in Rural Heritage Sites

在乡村遗产地实践修复历史

• 批准号: AH/P009689/1
• 负责人: Susanne Seymour
• 金额: $ 9.31万
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 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%2FP009689%2F1
• 关键词: Practising; Reparative; Histories; Rural; Heritage

The UK countryside includes iconic sites of national heritage. Country houses represent long-standing elite rural lifestyles while water-powered textile mills refer to Britain's past as an industrial pioneer. However these sites suffer from a lack of diversity in the histories presented and the visitors they attract. Black and Asian groups are more typically resident in urban areas and report feelings of isolation and difference during visits to the countryside. Many feel their heritage is not sufficiently represented in rural sites, despite evidence existing of key connections. In country houses portraits of Black or Asian figures, 'exotic' products and plants suggest these connections, while textile mills display raw cotton supplies grown in warmer climates. Yet these histories are rarely explored or explained and are often seen as challenging to address due to associations with colonial and slave trade practices. This project seeks to connect together heritage organisations, Black and Asian community groups and academics in a collaboration which aims to benefit all parties. Drawing on evidence of historical connections with people of African and Asian descent its goals are to produce more diverse representations of Black and Asian histories in rural heritage sites and to change their organisational cultures. Two key examples of rural textile and country estate heritage sites have been selected as venues for the collaboration. The first is Cromford Mills is a key location in the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site in Derbyshire, designated due to its pioneering cotton textile industry. The second is Newstead Abbey is a well-known country estate particularly due to its associations with the poet Bryon. In both cases the collaborating groups have committed to a series of discussions, visits and co-production of new ways of presenting these sites and enhancing their meaning and appeal for ethnic minority groups and wider society.

英国乡村包括国家遗产的标志性景点。乡村别墅代表着长期以来精英阶层的乡村生活方式，而水力纺织米尔斯厂则代表着英国作为工业先驱的过去。然而，这些遗址在呈现的历史和吸引的游客方面缺乏多样性。黑人和亚裔群体通常居住在城市地区，在访问农村时报告说感到孤立和不同。许多人认为他们的遗产在农村遗址中没有得到充分的代表，尽管有证据表明存在关键的联系。在黑人或亚洲人肖像的乡间别墅里，“异国情调”的产品和植物暗示了这些联系，而纺织米尔斯则展示了在温暖气候下种植的原棉供应。然而，这些历史很少被探讨或解释，而且由于与殖民和奴隶贸易做法有关，往往被视为难以处理。该项目旨在将遗产组织，黑人和亚洲社区团体以及学术界联系在一起，旨在使各方受益。利用与非洲人和亚洲人后裔的历史联系的证据，其目标是在农村遗产地制作更多样化的黑人和亚洲历史代表，并改变他们的组织文化。两个重要的例子，农村纺织品和国家房地产遗产已被选为合作的地点。第一个是Cromford米尔斯是德比郡Derwent Valley米尔斯世界遗产的关键位置，由于其开创性的棉纺织业而被指定。第二个是纽斯特德修道院是一个著名的乡村庄园，特别是因为它与诗人布莱恩的联系。在这两种情况下，合作团体都致力于一系列的讨论，访问和共同制作新的方式来展示这些网站，并加强其意义和吸引力，为少数民族群体和更广泛的社会。