SharedIslandStories: Shared Island Stories from Scotland and the Caribbean, Past, Present, Future

传统上，岛屿与地方独特性和与世隔绝的浪漫想法联系在一起，然而，那些位于苏格兰西海岸和加勒比海的岛屿，由于海平面上升和风暴加剧，以及经济衰退、人口减少和不适当的旅游开发，面临着日益严重的海岸侵蚀问题。共享岛屿故事通过博物馆和遗产研究，可持续发展和记忆研究来考虑这些群岛之间过去，现在和未来的关系。该项目以苏格兰与跨大西洋奴隶贸易联系的新证据为基础，围绕非殖民化和气候适应方面的重大辩论划定了界限。它问：哪些来自岛屿的收藏品讲述了帝国的共同故事？遗产社区在可持续发展中的作用是什么？岛屿社区博物馆如何与非政府组织、政策和地方组织以及企业合作开展气候行动？如何理解健康和福祉与社区遗产、传统生态知识和岛屿生活的关系？这一新知识给关于气候正义的辩论带来了什么，特别是当它们与青年的作用有关时？一系列方法，包括对岛屿收藏品和殖民主义进行新的档案来源研究，建立一个应对当今挑战的参与性知识-行动网络，以及跨大西洋青年交流，将实现文化和生态知识的代际传承。通过仔细考虑历史和生态关系的方法，研究还将探讨公众参与社区遗产如何为人们带来重大的健康和福祉。通过环境博物馆学的透镜，分享岛屿故事发生在殖民地和殖民者之间，全球南方和全球北方之间的空间，将人类与生态的关系带入一个新的跨大西洋岛屿博物馆学。

Islands are conventionally associated with romantic ideas of local distinctiveness and isolation, and yet those situated off the west coast of Scotland and the Caribbean share the growing problem of coastal erosion through rising sea levels and storm intensification, as well as economic recession, depopulation and inappropriate tourismdevelopment. Shared Island Stories considers past, present and future relationships between these archipelagos through museum and heritage studies, sustainable development, and memory studies. Building on new evidence into Scotland's links with the transatlantic slave trade, the project pushes boundaries around major debates in decolonisation and climate adaptation. It asks: Which collections from the islands tell shared stories of Empire? What is the role of heritage communities for sustainable development? How can island community museums partner with NGOs, policy and local organisations and businesses for climate action? How can health and wellbeingbe understood in relation to community heritage, traditional ecological knowledge and island life? What does this new knowledge bring to debates on climate justice, especially as they relate to the role of youth? A range of methods including new archival provenance research into island collections and colonialism, a participatoryknowledge-action network addressing present-day challenges, and a transatlantic youth exchange, will bring about inter-generational transmission of cultural and ecological knowledge. Through a carefully considered approach to historical and ecological relations, the research will also explore how public engagement with community heritagecan bring about significant health and well-being benefits to people. Seen through the lens of environmental museology, sharing island stories happens inside the space between colonised and coloniser, global South and global North, bringing human-ecological relations to bear on a novel transatlantic island museology.