Experiencing Britain's Ruins: 'Revenants and Remains' at Five Northern English Religious Houses and Beyond

该项目旨在通过将PI教授Dale Townshend的AHRC领导奖学金--《写作英国废墟，1700-1850：建筑想象》(AH/M00600X/1；2015-16)--的研究成果应用于当代遗产解释、废墟旅游和创造性文学回应的实践，来增强公众对英国废墟的“体验”。在为期12个月的时间里，来自英格兰遗产(EH)的Pi Townshend和Co-is Michael Carter博士和Dominique Bouchard博士将交付、管理并最终评估“荒野猎人和遗骸”，这是一个创新的、令人兴奋的免费、面向公众的数字和现实活动计划，重点关注英格兰北部5个关键的EH修道院遗址：北约克郡的Byland Abbey、坎布里亚省的Furness Abbey、坎布里亚郡的Lanerost Priory、北约克郡的Rievaulx Abbey和南约克郡的Roche Abbey。这项多方面的知识交流(KE)和影响产生计划直接响应这些遗址的遗产部门确定的需求，目的是在当今虚拟和现实环境中重新阐述、重建和嵌入原始文学史研究(1700--1850年)的各个方面，展示其研究结果与当代遗址旅游行为的相关性，从而直接丰富普通公众对国家历史和建筑遗产的知识、欣赏和体验。《荒野猎人与遗骸》节目的目的如下：1)通过广受欢迎的鬼魂(《复仇者》)和肉体和建筑遗迹(《遗骸》)的主题，吸引所有年龄段的新的当地观众来到这5个教堂废墟遗址；2)吸引这些新的公众观众对这些遗址丰富而往往有争议的历史感兴趣，主要是因为他们通过死亡、埋葬、毁灭、来世和超自然等主题被告知3)丰富、增强和改变当地和全国游客的知识，通过一套主题连贯的现场解释，了解和体验建筑遗产4)通过制作和策划更多以可持续发展为重点的数字内容，以及通过为遗产专业人员和利益攸关方举办研讨会，将“荒原与遗迹”方案的适用性和潜在影响扩展到选定的5个地点以外，以实现这些目标。《荒野猎人与遗骸》包括以下5个目标：1)为11-25岁的青少年组织现场参与活动2)为成年游客组织和运营以《荒原遗骸》为主题的5个地点的导游3)在每个地点组织和运营创意写作研讨会4)策划更具一般性的主题数字内容5)为英国遗产专业人士举办主题为《哥特式旅游/闹鬼遗产》的研讨会。因此，为原创研究创造和吸引新的受众，该项目旨在丰富游客对英国废墟的体验，并最终为历史环境的可持续管理做出贡献，旨在打造一条在《书写英国废墟》的过程中既没有预见到也不可能产生影响的途径。

This project aims to enhance the public 'experience' of Britain's ruins by applying research findings derived from PI Prof. Dale Townshend's AHRC Leadership Fellowship, 'Writing Britain's Ruins, 1700-1850: The Architectural Imagination' (AH/M00600X/1; 2015-16), to contemporary practices of heritage interpretation, ruin tourism and creative literary response. Over a 12-month period, PI Townshend and Co-Is Dr Michael Carter and Dr Dominique Bouchard, both of English Heritage (EH), will deliver, administer and ultimately evaluate 'Revenants and Remains', an innovative and exciting programme of free, public-facing digital and real-life activities focused upon, but also radiating outwards beyond, 5 key EH sites of monastic ruin in the north of England: Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire; Furness Abbey, Cumbria; Lanercost Priory, Cumbria; Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire; and Roche Abbey, South Yorkshire. Responding directly to identified needs within the heritage sector at these sites, this multi-faceted programme for knowledge exchange (KE) and impact generation aims to rearticulate, recreate and embed aspects of the original literary-historical research (1700-1850) in present-day virtual and real-life contexts, showing the relevance of its findings to contemporary acts of ruin tourism so as directly to enrich the general public's knowledge, appreciation and experience of national history and architectural heritage. The aims of the 'Revenants and Remains' programme are as follows: 1) To attract new local audiences of all ages to these 5 sites of ecclesiastical ruin through the popular and high-recruiting theme of ghosts ('revenants') and corporeal and architectural vestiges ('remains') 2) To engage the interest of these new public audiences in the rich, often controversial histories of these sites, primarily as they are told through the thematically cognate topics of death, burial, ruination, the afterlife and the supernatural 3) To enrich, enhance and change local and national visitors' knowledge, perception and experience of architectural heritage through a thematically coherent set of on-site interpretations 4) To extend the applicability and, thus, the potential impact of the 'Revenants and Remains' programme outwards beyond the 5 selected locales through the production and curation of more general KE-focused digital content, as well as through the hosting of a workshop for heritage professionals and stakeholders So as to realise these aims, 'Revenants and Remains' comprises the following 5 objectives: 1) The organisation of on-site youth-engagement activities for 11-25-yr-olds2) The organisation and running of guided tours for adult visitors to the 5 chosen sites themed around the topic of 'Revenants and Remains'3) The organisation and running of creative writing workshops at each of the 5 selected sites4) The curation of themed digital content of a more general nature5) The running of a workshop on the theme of 'Gothic Tourism / Haunted Heritage' for British heritage professionals.Thus creating and engaging new audiences for the original research, enriching the visitor's experience of Britain's ruins and ultimately contributing towards the sustainable management of the historic environment, the project aims to forge pathways to impact that were neither foreseen nor, indeed, possible during the course of 'Writing Britain's Ruins'.