Black British History: Local Perspectives

英国黑人历史：当地视角

• 批准号: AH/Y000765/1
• 负责人: Jack Daniel Webb
• 金额: $ 3.14万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FY000765%2F1
• 关键词: Black; British; History; Local; Perspectives

Throughout the modern period, people of African descent have arrived in Britain to establish communities around certain locales. In the nineteenth century, this occurred mainly in the dock cities of Liverpool, Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol and London as sailors and travellers from the Empire settled on British soil. In the twentieth century, such migratory patterns evolved to become bigger in scale and also to devolve across the country. That is, Black migrants from the Caribbean and Africa increasingly spread throughout Britain to establish neighbourhoods and communities across Scotland, Wales, the North and the South-West as well as the dock cities. Whereas most academic works have studied this history through the case of London, this project seeks to tell the story of Black lives in Britain from the perspective of this range of local settlements. By recognising, recovering and studying this multiplicity of experiences from around the country, we are able to tell a more diverse, democratic and nuanced history of Black Britain in the modern era.To unearth and platform these histories, this project brings together representatives of local, community, Black History groups from Glasgow, Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, London and Stockport, along with the archivists of the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Centre, curators at the Hunterian Museum, the youth organisation Rising Stars, and academic historians at the University of Manchester. The project arises out of the ideas, suggestions and requests of these community partners, who attended the Black British History Through Local Perspective workshop in Manchester (June 2022). This application is thus reflective of a distinct set of needs and concerns felt by local Black community historians across Britain.At planned network meetings, members will share their research of their respective locales so that we are able to build a multifaceted history of Black Britain that is nuanced by locality and takes account of a diverse range of experiences. How did the rural, quaint and sparsely populated Lancashire of Caribbean migrants like Learie Constantine and C.L.R. James compare to the Black neighbourhoods of Paddington or, later, Brixton in London? What role do places like the former play in narratives of Black Britain? And how does highlighting Black history as emanating from across the country, as opposed to a focus on its 'race relations capitals', reshape understandings of the British nation itself? By engaging with local Black historical experts, this project aims to answer these questions. In bringing representatives of local Black history groups together with experts in academia, museums, and archives, the project will create a unique cross-sector network of colleagues. The range of specialisms held by each of the network members, from oral history to archival practice, bid writing and media performances, means that a particularly salient range of skills will be on offer for exchange. The network will organise four workshops which will each involve a skills-based session, a work-in-progress seminar and a network meeting. We will also produce an edited volume containing contributions from the network's community intellectuals, activists, local historians and academics, and a report on cross-sector collaboration.

在整个现代时期，非洲裔人来到英国，在某些地方建立社区。在19世纪，这主要发生在利物浦、格拉斯哥、卡迪夫、布里斯托尔和伦敦等码头城市，因为来自帝国的水手和旅行者在不列颠领土上定居。在二十世纪，这种移民模式演变成规模更大，也在全国范围内蔓延。也就是说，来自加勒比和非洲的黑人移民越来越多地散布在英国各地，在苏格兰、威尔士、北部和西南部以及码头城市建立社区和社区。虽然大多数学术著作都是通过伦敦的案例来研究这段历史，但这个项目试图从这个范围内的当地聚落的角度来讲述英国黑人生活的故事。通过认识、恢复和研究来自全国各地的这种多元化的经历，我们能够讲述现代时代黑人英国更加多样化、民主和细微的历史。为了挖掘和展示这些历史，这个项目汇集了来自格拉斯哥、加的夫、利物浦、曼彻斯特、普雷斯顿、伦敦和斯托克波特的地方、社区和黑人历史团体的代表，以及Ahmed Iqbal Ullah种族中心的档案管理员、亨特里亚博物馆的馆长、青年组织新星组织和曼彻斯特大学的学术历史学家。该项目源于这些社区合作伙伴的想法、建议和要求，他们参加了在曼彻斯特举行的英国黑人历史透过地方视角讲习班(2022年6月)。因此，这一应用程序反映了英国当地黑人社区历史学家感受到的一组独特的需求和关切。在计划好的网络会议上，成员们将分享他们对各自地区的研究，以便我们能够建立一部因地区而细微差别并考虑到不同经历的多方面的黑人不列颠历史。像莱丽·康斯坦丁和C·L·R·詹姆斯这样的加勒比海移民居住在兰开夏郡的乡村、古朴、人烟稀少，与帕丁顿的黑人社区或后来的伦敦布里克斯顿相比如何？像前者这样的地方在《黑人不列颠》的叙事中扮演了什么角色？强调黑人的历史发源于全国，而不是关注它的“种族关系首都”，这如何重塑对英国民族本身的理解？通过与当地黑人历史专家接触，该项目旨在回答这些问题。通过将当地黑人历史团体的代表与学术界、博物馆和档案馆的专家聚集在一起，该项目将创建一个独特的跨部门同事网络。从口述历史到档案实践、投标写作和媒体表演，每个网络成员都拥有一系列专业知识，这意味着将提供一系列特别突出的技能供交流。该网络将举办四个讲习班，每个讲习班将包括一次基于技能的课程、一次进行中的研讨会和一次网络会议。我们还将编写一本经编辑的卷，其中载有该网络社区知识分子、活动家、当地历史学家和学者的贡献，以及一份关于跨部门合作的报告。