Transnational Modern Languages: Exhibitions for impact

自2014年成立以来，AHRC翻译文化计划的三大赠款之一--现代语言国际化(TML)--一直在对散居国外的意大利人社区进行研究。这项研究集中在代表意大利人口流动的地理、历史和语言地图上的案例：英国、美国、澳大利亚和南美的意大利社区；非洲和地中海地区的殖民地；当代意大利的移民社区。研究的重点是这些社区制作的展示形式(期刊、通讯、文学、生活故事、照片、纪念品收藏、仪式和节日)，这些形式体现了它们的跨文化性质。该项目与文化协会、学校、政策制定者和个人接触，探索遗产、文化记忆和教育实践。与不同的合作者的密切接触阐明了语言和文化认同是如何在全球范围内被培养和表达的。该项目制定了旨在将对语言和文化多样性的认识纳入从小学到高等教育和成人教育的教育实践的方法。在高等教育领域，该项目正在利用其初步研究成果，为作为学科领域的现代语言研究建立一个新的跨国框架。该项目的一个重要内容是组织了两个展览，一个在罗马英国学校(2016年10月至11月)，另一个在意大利文化学院(2016年12月至2017年1月)。通过使用摄影、视听录音、艺术装置和其他材料，展览展示了来自全球各地的人们经历的例子，并以跨国的视角展示了意大利文化。这些展览展示了该项目的演变、其方法的范围以及联合制作研究的核心原则。后续资金的影响使展览可以在Co.As.的增强现实中展出。在墨尔本、纽约的Calandra研究所和亚的斯亚贝巴的意大利文化研究所。展览安装在全球不同的地点，不仅提供了视觉展示，而且展示了研究项目的演变、其方法框架和联合制作的原则。他们制作了一个动态的研究工具，展示了如何在现代语言中完成关于跨国企业的工作。它们展示了研究人员和策展人之间互动的复杂性，以及合作带来的工作性质。这些展品以及相关出版物，举例说明了研究和策划如何相互作用，以解决紧迫的主题问题。他们将TML实践的研究和合作过程可视化，让更多的观众能够接触到它们。项目团队将与举办展品的机构密切合作，围绕展览组织一系列活动：包括与艺术家和作家的活动；当地学校的参观；与移民社区的活动；与教育当局代表和政策制定者的会议。展览将借鉴当地艺术家的作品，并将展示与当地有重要联系的视觉和艺术材料。展品不仅将传播该项目的研究成果，还将为该项目的教育影响发展培育新的机遇。

Since its inception in 2014, Transnationalizing Modern Languages (TML), one of three large grants in the AHRC's Translating Cultures scheme, has been conducting research into the communities of the Italian diaspora. The research concentrates on cases representative of the geographic, historical and linguistic map of Italian mobility: Italian communities in the UK, the US, Australia, and South America; colonial settlement within Africa and the Mediterranean; migrant communities within contemporary Italy. The focus of the research is on the forms of representation (journals, newsletters, literature, life stories, photographs, collections of memorabilia, rituals and festivals) that have been produced by these communities and which exemplify the extent of their transcultural nature.The project has engaged with cultural associations, schools, policy makers and individuals in an exploration of heritage, cultural memory, and educational practices. Intensive engagement with diverse collaborators has illuminated how linguistic and cultural identity are cultivated and expressed across the globe. The project has developed methodologies aimed at embedding the awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity within educational practices, from primary to higher and adult education. Within Higher Education the project is drawing on its primary research to produce a new transnational framework for the study of Modern Languages as a disciplinary field.An important element of the project is the organization of two exhibitions, one at the British School at Rome (October - November 2016) the other at the Italian Cultural Institute (December 2016 to January 2017). Through the use of photography, audio and visual recordings, art installations and other material, the exhibitions display examples of people's experiences from across the globe and show Italian culture in transnational perspective. The exhibitions show the evolution of the project, its range of methodologies and the principle of co-produced research that lies at its core.Impact follow-on funding allows the exhibition to be mounted in augmented reality at CO.AS.IT in Melbourne, at the Calandra Institute in New York, and at the Italian Cultural Institute in Addis Ababa.Mounted in different sites across the globe, the exhibits do not simply offer a visual display but a demonstration of the evolution of the research project, its methodological framework and the principle of co-production that it exemplifies. They produce a dynamic research tool that shows how work on the transnational can be accomplished within Modern Languages. They demonstrate the complexity of interaction between researchers and curators and the nature of the work that the collaboration gives rise to. The exhibits, with associated publications, exemplify how research and curation interact to address issues of pressing topicality. They visualize the research and collaboration processes at the core of TML practice, making them accessible to broader audiences.Working closely with the institutions where the exhibits are staged, the project team will organize a series of events around the exhibitions: these will include events with artists and writers; visits from local schools; events with migrant communities; meetings with representatives of educational authorities and with policy makers. The exhibits will draw on the work of local artists and will display visual and artistic material with significant local connections. The exhibits will not only disseminate the research of the project but foster new opportunities for the development of educational impact of the project.