Widening participation and increasing access to Cultural Heritage Activities in Georgia: Magnifying Impact.

扩大格鲁吉亚文化遗产活动的参与范围和机会：扩大影响力。

• 批准号: AH/X008738/1
• 负责人: Emma Loosley Leeming
• 金额: $ 11.43万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX008738%2F1
• 关键词: Widening; participation; increasing; access; Cultural

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 post-Soviet societies have had to negotiate their post-Communist identities during a period of challenging geopolitical changes, and the Republic of Georgia has suffered particularly badly due to the reluctance of Russia to accept Georgian independence. In fact approximately 20% of Georgian territory is currently occupied by Russia and this situation means that there are additional political, societal and economic strains on Georgian society caused by decades of being enmeshed in a frozen conflict. A series of economic shocks, most recently the global downturn caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, has negatively impacted all aspects of Georgian society where a largely agrarian economy had been diversifying to attract funding from eco-tourism and tours for wine-lovers and outdoor pursuits enthusiasts. The sudden cessation of foreign currency from tourism, linked to cuts in foreign aid (for example ending Global Challenges Research Fund) coming as it did as Covid rates spiralled out of control, have led to an even more precarious financial position for the heritage sector in Georgia. The Georgian National Museum (GNM) is currently in crisis over the condition of the State Art Museum ( https://www.agenda.ge/en/news/2021/2068) which is part of the GNM and a significant Tbilisi landmark and, even more seriously, due to the fact that the Minister of Culture is trying to bring all cultural heritage agencies under the control of the ruling Georgian Dream political party (https://news.artnet.com/art-world/employees-fired-from-state-run-museums-in-georgia-2124928). The union reports that specialist posts are being filled by prosecutors rather than museum professionals and the situation is currently ongoing and unresolved.In the face of these severe financial and societal challenges, the work of the Education Department of the GNM is more important than ever before. The PI, Co-Is, and education team have been liaising with schoolteachers across the country on what kind of teaching packs they need to help them incorporate archaeological and art historical materials in their lesson plans. This outreach has involved running day courses at the Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi to teach good practice in using museum contexts for educational purposes - teachers who have attended now have the skills to plan lessons for teaching in museums or other heritage sites and have learned how to use enquiry-based learning and object-based learning methodologies to encourage independent learning techniques. As well as supporting teachers and also offering sessions to curatorial staff, so that they learn how to engage with teachers in a more productive and collegiate manner, the project has thus far involved day trips and summer schools for children who are internally displaced (domestic refugees), from ethnic or religious minorities, from remote rural communities or who are in the social care system.All these methods have been developed since a pilot project began in 2017 with seed funding from the University of Exeter. The receipt of an AHRC Networking Grant in 2019 allowed us to expand the project further and reach more communities across Georgia but ended in March 2022, with the societal need for this outreach work now greater than ever. The 2020 war between Azerbaijan and Armenia has enflamed local tensions and destabilised the situation in southern Georgia where there are sizable communities of ethnic Azeris and Armenians living in the same territories. Therefore, the GMN has approached the PI and UK Co-I to ask if the earlier work could be expanded substantially in Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli provinces with the aim of promoting inclusivity and diversity via local schools. This impact follow-on funding is intended to promote the peaceful co-habitation of disparate communities through an educational programme that highlights the centuries of co-operation and interaction in the region.

自1991年苏联解体以来，后苏联社会不得不在一个挑战地缘政治变化的时期就其后共产主义身份进行谈判，由于俄罗斯不愿接受格鲁吉亚的独立，乔治亚共和国遭受的损失尤其严重。事实上，格鲁吉亚大约20%的领土目前被俄罗斯占领，这种情况意味着，由于数十年来陷入冻结的冲突，格鲁吉亚社会面临着额外的政治、社会和经济压力。一系列的经济冲击，最近的一次是新冠肺炎疫情造成的全球衰退，对格鲁吉亚社会的方方面面都产生了负面影响，在格鲁吉亚，以农业为主的经济一直在多样化，以吸引生态旅游和葡萄酒爱好者和户外运动爱好者的旅游资金。由于外国援助的削减(例如，终止全球挑战研究基金)，旅游业的外汇突然停止，这是因为气候变化的速度失控，导致格鲁吉亚遗产部门的财务状况更加不稳定。格鲁吉亚国家博物馆(https://www.agenda.ge/en/news/2021/2068))是格鲁吉亚国家博物馆的一部分，是第比利斯的一个重要地标，更严重的是，由于文化部长正试图将所有文化遗产机构置于执政的格鲁吉亚梦想政党(https://news.artnet.com/art-world/employees-fired-from-state-run-museums-in-georgia-2124928).的控制之下，该博物馆的状况目前正处于危机之中工会报告说，专家职位是由检察官而不是博物馆专业人员填补的，目前情况仍在继续，尚未得到解决。面对这些严峻的财政和社会挑战，GNM教育部的工作比以往任何时候都更加重要。PI、Co-IS和教育团队一直在与全国各地的学校教师联系，讨论他们需要什么样的教材包来帮助他们在教学计划中纳入考古和艺术历史材料。这一外联活动包括在第比利斯的格鲁吉亚博物馆举办日间课程，教授利用博物馆背景进行教育的良好做法--参加过课程的教师现在有技能为博物馆或其他遗址的教学计划课程，并学会了如何使用探究式学习和基于对象的学习方法来鼓励独立学习技术。除了向教师提供支持，并向策展人员提供课程，以便他们学习如何以更有成效和更有成效的方式与教师互动，该项目迄今还包括为国内流离失所(国内难民)、族裔或宗教少数群体、偏远农村社区或社会照料系统中的儿童提供的日间旅行和暑期学校。所有这些方法都是在埃克塞特大学提供种子资金的2017年试点项目开始以来制定的。2019年AHRC网络赠款的收到使我们能够进一步扩大该项目，并覆盖佐治亚州更多的社区，但于2022年3月结束，社会对这一外联工作的需求现在比以往任何时候都更大。阿塞拜疆和亚美尼亚之间2020年的战争加剧了当地的紧张局势，破坏了格鲁吉亚南部的局势，那里有相当大的阿塞拜疆人和亚美尼亚人居住在同一领土上。因此，GMN已与国际和平协会和英国合作组织联系，询问是否可以在Samtskhe-Javakheti和Kvemo Kartli省大幅扩大早期的工作，目的是通过当地学校促进包容性和多样性。这一影响后续资金旨在通过一个突出该区域几个世纪以来的合作和互动的教育方案，促进不同社区的和平共处。