Kilmallock - Derry - Bradford: Twinning North-South Irish Walled Towns and UK Cities of Culture'

拟议中的英国-爱尔兰数字人文科学联合研究将利用由AHRC收集能力计划资助的新型数字孪生技术（PI：Wilson 2022-3）为了数字化记录南方两个中世纪的城墙城镇，（基尔马洛克）和爱尔兰的北（德里），并与历史记录相联系，揭示这些定居点的隐藏见解，供广泛使用。该项目旨在：1）汇集尖端的数字遗产技术（包括车载和背包式移动的地图和无人机拍摄），以及基于地点的人文研究，将历史环境研究与建筑物和城镇景观遗产的地理空间精确三维信息联系起来，通过有针对性的地球物理勘探，包括关键建筑物的特定考古背景（例如，位于历史悠久的城墙外的基尔马洛克多明我会修道院的周边地区）;以及2）提升城市景观文物资产的形象，以达致各种目的，包括支持指定物业/地点的保育和更新计划，以至教育，旅游，尖端的3D数字移动的测绘技术能够实现准确、快速的调查，为未来保护独特的遗产资产提供了变革性的一步。该方法还将把以社区为重点的记录（地图、契约、口述历史）和具体的建筑内部置于背景中，并将有助于居民和游客对遗产的理解。这些移动的捕获方法的规模和快速为开发用于解释、教育、旅游和新来者定位的“发现”资源提供了新的潜在用例。它们的准确性是监测未来变化的宝贵基线数据，也为直接与基尔马洛克和德里的原始世纪地图记录进行比较提供了一个透镜。遗产资产的意义和价值通过它们在地方建设中的作用、对身份和社区凝聚力的贡献、对健康和福祉的好处以及通过旅游和再生产生的经济价值来理解。除了未知/未恢复的考古证据之外，各种形式的获取问题是实现遗产对社会价值的关键限制。这项工作将建立在布拉德福德在以前的项目中开发的专业知识基础上，包括通过CapCo进行基础设施投资和通过AHRC地方计划进行知识交流，并通过在澳大利亚人权委员会/IRC数字人文网络。拟议项目符合国家古迹服务局建筑遗产咨询科和遗产理事会爱尔兰寨城网络的愿望保护历史建筑结构，与社区和建筑物业主/占用人合作。在基于地点的研究中使用数字孪生技术将有助于监测和保护遗产资产，并将每个地方的叙述和理解置于数字孪生之上，从中世纪时期到现在，在这个项目中，代表了一个重要的倡议，突出了历史，并在北、南爱尔兰和英格兰之间建立了新的联系。基尔马洛克和德里作为爱尔兰寨城网络的成员被连接起来，布拉德福德和德里也被连接起来。两者都有与纺织业有关的工业遗产。德里是第一个英国文化之城，布拉德福德将成为下一个英国文化之城。包括社区团体和三个地方当局在内的关键利益相关者之间的知识和专业知识转移将实现基尔马洛克-德里-布拉德福德之间的数字结对潜力，以建立长期联系，提供过去，现在和未来的关键利益。

The proposed joint UK-Ireland research in the digital humanities, will utilise novel digital twin technologies funded through the AHRC Capabilities for Collections scheme (PI: Wilson 2022-3) in order to digitally document two medieval walled towns in the South (Kilmallock) and North (Derry) of Ireland and link with historic records to reveal hidden insights into these settlements for wide-ranging use.The project aims to: 1) bring together cutting-edge digital heritage technologies (incl vehicle- and back-pack mounted mobile mapping and drone-based capture), alongside place-based humanities research to connect historic environment research with geospatially accurate 3D information of buildings and townscape heritage, including specific archaeological context for key buildings through targeted geophysical prospection (e.g. immediate surroundings of the Dominican Priory of Kilmallock that lies outside the historic town walls); and 2) raise the profile of townscape heritage assets for a variety of purposes ranging from conservation and regeneration initiatives in support of designated properties/ sites, through to education, tourism, health and wellbeing.Cutting edge 3D digital mobile mapping technologies enable accurate and rapid survey that offers a transformative step-change in safeguarding unique heritage assets for the future. The approach will also place community-focused records (maps, deeds, oral histories) and specific building interiors in context and will contribute to heritage understanding for residents and visitors alike. The scale and rapid speed of these mobile capture methods offers new potential use-cases for development of 'discovery' resources for interpretation, education, tourism and orientation of newcomers. Their accuracy serves as valuable baseline data for monitoring future change, as well as offering a lens for direct comparison with original 16th century map records for Kilmallock and Derry.The meaning and value of heritage assets are understood through their role in placemaking, and contribution to identity and community cohesion, offering benefits to health and wellbeing as well as generating economic value through tourism and regeneration. Beyond unknown/ unrecovered archaeological evidence, issues of access in a variety of forms, are key limitations for realising the value of heritage for society. The work will build from expertise at Bradford developed in previous projects, including via infrastructure investment through CapCo and knowledge exchange via the AHRC Place Programme, and via relationships established through pilot work conducted during the AHRC/IRC Digital humanities network.The proposed project aligns with aspirations of the Built Heritage Advisory Section of the National Monuments Service and the Irish Walled Towns Network of the Heritage Council to preserve the historic building fabric, with the community and building owners/ occupiers. The utility of digital twin technologies in place-based research will help to monitor and conserve heritage assets and to layer narratives and understanding of each place upon the digital twin, from the Medieval period up to present day and in this project, represents an important initiative that highlights historic, and creates new connections between North and South Ireland and England.Kilmallock and Derry are connected as members of the Irish Walled Towns Network and Bradford and Derry both have an industrial heritage linked to the textile industry. Derry was the first UK City of Culture and Bradford will be the next UK City of Culture. Transfer of knowledge and expertise between key stakeholders, including community groups and across three local authorities, will realise the potential of digital twinning between Kilmallock - Derry - Bradford in order to forge longstanding connections that offer key benefits past, present and future.