Beyond the Binary: Performing Gender Then and Now

超越二元：过去和现在的性别表演

• 批准号: AH/X000346/1
• 负责人: Helen Brooks
• 金额: $ 4.48万
• 依托单位: University of Kent
• 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%2FX000346%2F1
• 关键词: Beyond; Binary; Performing; Gender; Now

Beyond the Binary (BtB) is a collaborative research and public engagement project which brings together public volunteers, archivists, academic researchers and students to answer the following questions: - What can historic performances of music hall and pantomime tell us about attitudes towards gender and gender expression in the past? - How can new knowledge around this inform understanding, discussion and exploration of gender diversity today?Working together to explore the University of Kent's world-class music hall and pantomime collections, we will unearth histories of gender play and presentation from the Victorian era to the present and share these with the wider public. Music hall and pantomime are forms well-known for going 'beyond the binary' in exploring gender: most notably through cross-dressing but also through witty word play, songs and music. These collections therefore make an ideal focus for this project. In the first phase of the project we will focus on investigating the materials held in the collections, and cataloguing and preserving these for future researchers. Our research team will include volunteers working in-person in the University of Kent's archives, in Canterbury, who will uncover materials for digitisation by our technician. It will also include volunteers working remotely who will explore those digitised sources using additional research resources such as the British Newspaper Archive and Ancestry. The whole research team will come together to discuss and share findings in six workshops. Our findings, both in terms of new perspectives and rediscovered materials, which will shape the content of the public engagement programme which is the focus of phase 2. In the second phase of the project the findings around our research questions and the new materials uncovered will be brought to new audiences through our programme of public engagement. This programme includes a 'pop-up' banner exhibition which will tour to partners including the Gulbenkian Canterbury, Theatre Royal Brighton and King's Theatre Portsmouth; an interactive Hands-on History workshop presented at The Beaney, Canterbury; and a showpiece lecture-concert co-created by COI Double and the Lunatraktors, a non-binary performance duo. It will also feature comedian Mark Thomas subject to availability. Through this ambitious programme of collaborative research and public engagement, Beyond the Binary has multiple aims. These include:- Broadening understandings and perspectives on both gender and popular performance 'then and now'. - Improving skills, capabilities and confidence for participants.- Increasing awareness and inclusion around issues of gender and diversity.- Increasing understanding of the value of history and heritage.- Increasing audience engagement with our partners and host venues and thereby providing an economic boost to the creative and cultural industries in the wake of Covid.- Boosting research capacity and opening up new avenues of research.

超越二元（BtB）是一个合作研究和公众参与项目，汇集了公共志愿者，档案工作者，学术研究人员和学生，以回答以下问题：-音乐厅和哑剧的历史表演可以告诉我们过去对性别和性别表达的态度？-这方面的新知识如何为今天对性别多样性的理解、讨论和探索提供信息？共同探索肯特大学世界级的音乐厅和哑剧收藏，我们将发掘从维多利亚时代到现在的性别游戏和表现的历史，并与更广泛的公众分享这些。音乐厅和哑剧以“超越二元”探索性别而闻名：最著名的是通过异性扮装，但也通过诙谐的文字游戏、歌曲和音乐。因此，这些集合是这个项目的理想焦点。在项目的第一阶段，我们将专注于调查馆藏中的材料，并为未来的研究人员编目和保存这些材料。我们的研究团队将包括志愿者，他们将亲自在坎特伯雷的肯特大学档案馆工作，他们将发现由我们的技术人员数字化的材料。它还将包括远程工作的志愿者，他们将使用额外的研究资源，如英国报纸档案和祖先，来探索这些数字化的资源。整个研究小组将在六个研讨会上讨论和分享研究结果。我们的发现，包括新视角和重新发现的材料，将塑造公众参与计划的内容，这是第二阶段的重点。在项目的第二阶段，围绕我们的研究问题的发现和发现的新材料将通过我们的公众参与计划带给新的受众。该项目包括一个“弹出式”横幅展览，该展览将在坎特伯雷古尔班基安剧院、布莱顿皇家剧院和朴茨茅斯国王剧院等合作伙伴巡回展出；在坎特伯雷的比尼酒店举办的互动式实践历史研讨会；以及由COI Double和Lunatraktors（非二元表演二人组）共同创作的展示讲座音乐会。喜剧演员马克·托马斯也会出演。通过这一雄心勃勃的合作研究和公众参与计划，“超越二元”有多重目标。这包括：-拓宽对性别和流行表演“过去和现在”的理解和观点。-提高参与者的技能、能力和信心。-提高对性别和多样性问题的认识和包容。-提高对历史和遗产价值的认识。-增加观众与合作伙伴和主办场馆的互动，从而在新冠疫情后为创意和文化产业提供经济推动力。——提高科研能力，开拓研究新途径。