Other Everests: Commemoration, Memory and Meaning and the British Everest Expedition Centenaries, 2021-2024

其他珠穆朗玛峰：纪念、记忆和意义以及英国珠穆朗玛峰探险百年纪念，2021-2024

• 批准号: AH/W004917/1
• 负责人: Jonathan Westaway
• 金额: $ 3.08万
• 依托单位: University of Central Lancashire
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW004917%2F1
• 关键词: Other; Everests; Commemoration; Memory; Meaning

Other Everests is a new interdisciplinary research network that takes as its starting point the centenary of the post-war British Everest campaigns of 1921-1924. It will bring together international scholars, archivists, curators, learned and professional societies and the UK mountaineering community to critically reassess the legacy of the Everest expeditions and to re-evaluate the symbolic, political and cultural status of Everest in the contemporary world. Everest became the object of British mountaineering attention after the First World War for a number of reasons. Himalayan mountaineering presented the opportunity to reconstruct a form of heroic masculinity. To 'conquer' Everest would demonstrate British racial vigour and imperial fitness to rule in India. The mass media were avid for stories of heroism and adventure. The mythopoeic disappearance of Mallory and Irvine in 1924 reinforced dominant narratives of ill-fated adventure and the nobility of sacrifice. Enduring archetypes were created that continue to shape the popular understanding of Everest to the present day.The Other Everests network will bring post-colonial perspectives to bear on Everest mountaineering narratives, challenging us to broaden and deepen our understanding of Everest's mountaineering history, its symbolic legacy and contemporary meanings, shifting the focus away from colonial-era narratives, providing access to the hidden histories of Everest. It brings historical perspectives to bear on the multiple contemporary ethical, social and political challenges thrown up by Everest, bringing together historians, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and literature scholars to examine subjects as diverse as: the legacy of British imperialism, the hidden histories of exploration, labour hierarchies and welfare; 'overtourism' and the environmental and social impacts of adventure tourism, the disposal of human remains on the mountain, and the globalisation of mountaineering.The Other Everests network will develop a network of academics and the custodians of significant archival collections relating to Everest, such as our project partner, the Royal Geographical Society, enabling contemporary scholarship to contribute to the discussion around appropriate forms of commemoration of the post-war Everest expeditions. The network will reflect on the commemorative activities that have already taken place in 2021 for the centenary of the much smaller Everest Reconnaissance Expedition of 1921, as well as taking part in the debates around the much more significant forthcoming centenaries of the British attempts to climb Everest that will be in 2022 and 2024. The network will ask fundamental questions about commemoration, memory and meaning and the role of contemporary archives in understanding Everest today: questions such as 'Whose history are we commemorating?'; 'How do we incorporate Nepalese and Tibetan perspectives in our interpretation of mountaineering on Everest?'; 'What are the sources for the history of indigenous high-altitude labour?'; 'How does history continue to shape contemporary globalised mountaineering cultures on Everest?'; 'How can digitisation facilitate co-production and digital repatriation?'; 'What are the challenges of engaging different communities and publics as co-producers of knowledge, enabling them to be part of the process of reinterpreting the legacy of mountaineering on Everest?'. Other Everests will take a once-in-a-100-year opportunity to critically reassess the legacy of Everest and its meaning in contemporary culture and society. It will make its findings widely accessible in an Open-Access collection of critical essays that address key themes highlighted by the network and it will work with our project partners at the Kendal Mountain Festival to develop public lectures and events that translate contemporary scholarship into publicly accessible formats.

其他珠穆朗玛峰是一个新的跨学科研究网络，它是1921 - 1924年战后英国珠穆朗玛峰战役一百周年的起点。它将汇集国际学者，档案管理员，策展人，博学和专业社会以及英国的登山社区，以批判性地重新评估珠穆朗玛峰探险的遗产，并重新评估当代世界中珠穆朗玛峰的象征，政治和文化地位。由于多种原因，珠穆朗玛峰成为第一次世界大战后英国登山关注的对象。喜马拉雅登山派出了重建一种英雄男性气质的机会。 “征服”珠穆朗玛峰将表现出英国的种族活力和帝国健身，以统治印度。大众媒体对英雄主义和冒险的故事狂热。 1924年，马洛里（Mallory）和欧文（Irvine）的神话失踪增强了命运不佳的冒险和牺牲贵族的主导叙述。创建了持久的原型，继续塑造了对珠穆朗玛峰的普遍理解。它带来了历史观点，可以遵循珠穆朗玛峰提出的多种当代伦理，社会和政治挑战，将历史学家，地理学家，人类学家，社会学家，心理学家，心理学家和文学学者汇集在一起​​，以研究像帝国主义的遗产，帝国主义的遗产，探险，探险，探险，劳动层次结构和善良的遗产； “公开主义”以及冒险旅游业的环境和社会影响，人类遗体在山上的处置以及登山的全球化。其他珠穆朗玛峰网络将建立一个学术界的网络和与珠穆朗玛峰有关的重要档案收藏的托管人，与我们的项目合作伙伴，皇家地理学会，促进现代奖学金的贡献，以供现代培训供应，以促进现代培训，以供现代培训。该网络将反思在2021年已经进行的纪念活动，即较小的珠穆朗玛峰侦察探险的一百周年，并参与了围绕英国即将到来的一百个百年来的辩论，即将在2022年和2024年进行档案的临时问题。作为“我们正在纪念谁的历史？”； “我们如何将尼泊尔人和藏族的观点纳入我们对珠穆朗玛峰的登山的解释？”； “土著高空劳动的历史的来源是什么？”； “历史如何继续在珠穆朗玛峰上塑造当代全球化的登山文化？”； “数字化如何促进共同生产和数字遣返？”； “将不同的社区和公众作为知识的共同制作人的挑战是什么，使它们能够成为重新诠释珠穆朗玛峰的登山遗产的过程的一部分？”。其他珠穆朗玛峰将有一个100年的机会批判性地重新评估珠穆朗玛峰的遗产及其在当代文化和社会中的意义。它将在开放的关键论文集合中广泛访问其发现，该论文涉及网络突出的关键主题，并将与我们的项目合作伙伴在肯德尔山音乐节上合作，以开发将当代奖学金转化为公共访问形式的公开演讲和活动。