The Becket Connection: employing the Becket story and 2020 anniversary as catalysts to transform heritage, tourism, education and community engagement

贝克特连接提供了一个独特的机会，通过中世纪最著名和最有争议的人物之一的故事，为当地、国内和国际观众提供创造性合作和技术创新的典范，使历史和遗产栩栩如生。2020年将是托马斯·贝克特诞辰900周年，他在坎特伯雷大教堂被谋杀850周年，他的遗物被‘翻译’800周年。这三周年纪念恰逢大教堂的一个2470万GB的保护、教育和解释项目--坎特伯雷之旅(2021年完工)，该项目将确保所创造的资源得到长期的遗产。此外，市议会新成立的遗产论坛现在正寻求重振该市的世界遗产，并通过将这座备受欢迎的大教堂与该市许多其他杰出的历史遗迹更紧密地联系起来，扩大和加强坎特伯雷的旅游服务。这一后续行动的推动因素是：-对贝克特中世纪邪教的新理解，以及2014-17年AHRC‘朝圣和英格兰大教堂’(PEC)项目产生的当代游客需求--基督教与文化研究中心(Univ)的数字可视化专业知识。与大英博物馆、坎特伯雷考古信托基金、坎特伯雷博物馆和美术馆、伦敦博物馆合作)--教育需求--新兴的遗产/旅游目标。与PEC合作伙伴的合作以及与坎特伯雷市议会、商业和社区团体、遗产、旅游和文化机构的广泛磋商揭示了新的遗产--旅游、教育和社区参与--的重大可能性。PEC项目对大教堂内的四个关键地点(包括贝克特的神殿)进行了详细的数字重建，这已经改变了人们对坎特伯雷朝圣者体验的看法。后续提案将创建整个大教堂的新数字模型，背景设在中世纪的坎特伯雷城，从而将内部模型置于更广泛的地理文化背景下，包括中世纪的朝圣路线和关键建筑。结果这个创新的、互动的大教堂/城市模式(由PEC的其他研究数据放大)将为主要的遗产、教育、文化、商业和当地社区合作伙伴带来七个主要成果：在新的永久大教堂展览中将大教堂和城市使用连接起来，揭示大教堂、贝克特的圣地和响应贝克特邪教和朝圣者需求而发展起来的城市之间的多层次关系。-为坎特伯雷提供更综合的旅游服务提供视觉基础，加强大教堂、城市和丰富多样的遗产遗址之间的联系。连接贝克特与他的时间-新的在线/闪存驱动器教育资源(特别是历史、文学和RE课程)塑造贝克特2020博物馆展览/活动与大英博物馆(为一个大型展览提供数字资产)、坎特伯雷博物馆和伦敦博物馆合作今天通过Word和IMGE展示贝克特的故事与马洛剧院和坎特伯雷之旅支持戏剧、诗歌、艺术和手工艺工作坊，以激发所有年龄段和背景对贝克特故事的当代创造性反应连结贝克特和朝圣改变2020年的游客路线和服务，当大教堂还举办国际兰贝斯会议时，坎特伯雷-伦敦旅游链接将贝克特的崇拜与他对伦敦及其景观的影响联系起来，为2020贝克特网站提供信息使用历史视角为当前圣地管理者、法定顾问(包括历史上的英格兰)、历史学家、神学家、社会科学家举行会议，审查目前修复圣公会大教堂神殿和遗迹的举措

The Becket Connection offers a unique opportunity to model creative collaboration and technological innovation in bringing history and heritage to life for local, national and international audiences, through the story of one of the most famous and controversial figures of the Middle Ages. CONTEXT2020 will mark 900 years since the birth of Thomas Becket, 850 years since his murder in Canterbury Cathedral, and 800 years since the 'translation' of his relics. This triple anniversary coincides with 'The Canterbury Journey', a £24.7 million conservation, education and interpretation project at the Cathedral (completion 2021) which will ensure a long-term legacy for resources created. Moreover, a newly-founded Heritage Forum convened by the City Council is now seeking to reinvigorate the city's World Heritage site, and broaden and enhance Canterbury's tourism offer by connecting the much-visited Cathedral more closely to the city's many other outstanding historic sites. This Follow-on initiative is driven by:- new understanding of Becket's medieval cult and present-day visitor needs generated by the 2014-17 AHRC 'Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals' (PEC) project- the digital visualisation expertise of the Centre for the Study of Christianity & Culture (Univ. of York)- collaboration with the British Museum, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Museums & Galleries, Museum of London- educational needs- newly emerging heritage/tourism goals. Collaboration with PEC partners and wide-ranging consultation with the City Council, business and community groups, heritage, tourism and cultural bodies in Canterbury, have revealed significant new heritage-tourism, educational and community engagement possibilities. The PEC project created detailed digital reconstructions of four key sites inside the cathedral (including Becket's shrine) which are already changing perceptions of pilgrim experience at Canterbury. The Follow-on proposal will create a new digital model of the whole Cathedral set in the medieval City of Canterbury, thus placing the interior models in a broader geocultural context, including medieval pilgrim routes and key buildings. OUTCOMES This innovative, interactive Cathedral/City model (amplified by other PEC research data) will have seven main outcomes for key heritage, educational, cultural, business and local community partners:CONNECTING CATHEDRAL AND CITY - Use in the new permanent Cathedral exhibition, revealing the multi-layered relationship between the Cathedral, Becket's shrine, and the city which grew in response to his cult and pilgrim needs. - Providing a visual foundation for presenting a more integrated tourism offer for Canterbury, enhancing connections between the Cathedral, the City, and the rich multiplicity of heritage sites. CONNECTING BECKET WITH HIS TIMEA new online/Flash Drive education resource (particularly for History, Literature and RE curricula)SHAPING BECKET 2020 MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS/ACTIVITIESCollaboration with the British Museum (providing digital assets for a major exhibition), Canterbury Museums and Museum of LondonEXPLORING THE BECKET STORY TODAY THROUGH WORD AND IMAGESupporting drama, poetry, art and craft workshops, with the Marlowe Theatre and the Canterbury Journey, to stimulate creative contemporary responses to the Becket story from all age-groups and backgroundsCONNECTING BECKET AND PILGRIMAGE TODAYShaping visitor trails and services for 2020, when the Cathedral also hosts the international Lambeth ConferenceENHANCING CANTERBURY-LONDON TOURISM LINKSConnecting Becket's cult to his influence on London and its landscape for the Becket 2020 websiteUSING HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES TO INFORM CURRENT MANAGEMENTConference for managers of sacred sites, statutory advisors (including Historic England), historians, theologians, social scientists, reviewing current moves to restore shrines and relics to Anglican cathedrals