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段具有挑战性的地缘政治变化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，格鲁吉亚共和国遭受了特别严重的损失。事实上，格鲁吉亚目前约有20%的领土被俄罗斯占领，这种情况意味着，由于数十年来陷入冻结冲突，格鲁吉亚社会面临着额外的政治、社会和经济压力。一系列经济冲击，最近是新冠肺炎大流行造成的全球经济衰退，对格鲁吉亚社会的各个方面都产生了负面影响。格鲁吉亚以农业为主的经济一直在实现多元化，以吸引生态旅游和葡萄酒爱好者和户外活动爱好者的旅游资金。随着新冠肺炎疫情失控，外援削减（例如全球挑战研究基金的终止），旅游业的外汇收入突然停止，这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(GNM)是目前在危机条件下的国家艺术博物馆(https://www.agenda.ge/en/news/2021/2068)的一部分GNM和第比利斯有里程碑意义的,甚至更严重的是,由于文化部长试图把所有文化遗产机构的控制下执政的格鲁吉亚梦想政党(https://news.artnet.com/art - world/employees -发射-从-状态-运行-博物馆-在格鲁吉亚- 2124928)。工会报告说，专业职位是由检察官而不是博物馆专业人员填补的，目前情况正在进行中，尚未得到解决。面对这些严峻的财政和社会挑战，GNM教育部门的工作比以往任何时候都更加重要。PI、co - i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学包来帮助他们将考古和艺术历史材料纳入他们的教学计划。这项外联活动包括在第比利斯的格鲁吉亚博物馆开设日间课程，教授利用博物馆环境进行教育的良好做法——参加课程的教师现在掌握了在博物馆或其他遗产地点规划课程的技能，并学会了如何使用基于探究的学习和基于对象的学习方法来鼓励自主学习技术。除了为教师提供支持，并为策展人员提供课程，使他们学习如何以更有效和合群的方式与教师互动外，该项目迄今还包括为国内流离失所（国内难民）、少数民族或宗教少数群体、偏远农村社区或社会照顾系统中的儿童提供一日游和暑期学校。所有这些方法都是在埃克塞特大学的种子基金资助下于2017年开始的一个试点项目中开发出来的。2019年收到的AHRC网络补助金使我们能够进一步扩展该项目，并覆盖佐治亚州的更多社区，但该项目于2022年3月结束，现在社会对这项外展工作的需求比以往任何时候都大。2020年阿塞拜疆和亚美尼亚之间的战争加剧了当地的紧张局势，并破坏了格鲁吉亚南部的局势，那里有大量阿塞拜疆人和亚美尼亚人居住在同一领土上。因此，GMN已经联系了PI和英国Co-I，询问是否可以在samtske - javakheti和Kvemo Kartli省大幅扩展早期的工作，目的是通过当地学校促进包容性和多样性。这种影响后续资金旨在通过一项教育方案促进不同社区的和平共处，该方案突出了该地区几个世纪以来的合作与互动。