'Belief' in Cultural Relations

该研究金的目的是探讨信仰如何被用作国际文化关系中的一项主要原则，并考虑其对人民和政策的影响。这涉及到跨文化对话和影响日常生活的许多问题：语言技能、移民、融合、多样性和社会开放。该项目将考虑“信仰”是否以及如何在当代文化关系中发展成为一种核心价值，以及它在为未来的跨文化对话活动和项目开发新方法方面的重要性。该奖学金由艾比·戴博士主持，她是一位国际公认和受人尊敬的社会人类学家，屡获殊荣的研究人员，也是世界各地学术会议和大学的热门主题演讲者和客座讲师。她是英国社会学协会宗教社会学研究小组的主席，也是美国人类学协会、美国地理学家协会、英国宗教研究协会、英国社会学协会的成员；国际宗教社会学学会；以及宗教科学研究协会。她最近的研究发展了对跨文化背景下信仰的更广泛理解，该研究于9月由世界上最受尊敬的出版商之一牛津大学出版社出版。戴博士在肯特大学和苏塞克斯大学担任研究职位。该研究员最初的重点将是审查重要的学术文章、新闻报道、政府出版物和其他材料，以确定可能阻碍与其他文化、观点或世界观接触的一些误解。然后，研究员将确定“信仰”一词作为宗教和非宗教术语的常见含义和用法，并考虑它如何适应一些人所描述的最近宗教虔诚度的上升和所谓的“文明冲突”。作为一名发表了大量论文并获得资助的研究人员，她的背景使她具备了系统、广泛、创造性和深入地进行此类审查的经验和网络。该研究员将与英国文化协会和人权委员会在英国，特别是在北非和近东的工作人员合作，更多地了解实地的信仰问题，以及这些问题如何帮助或阻碍跨文化对话。通过分享研究技能和填补知识空白，研究员将帮助工作人员识别和回应辩论。一系列工作人员培训和参与活动将产生本地化材料，帮助工作人员更好地与媒体、关键决策者和有影响力的公众成员沟通。研究员是一位经验丰富的促进者，她的研究记录表明她有能力参与并利用人们的正式和非正式知识和经验。与国际学术网络和会议/研讨会的合作将扩大辩论和分析，以在更广泛的宗教、多元化和社区讨论的背景下解决有关信仰、文化和身份的关键概念。他是一位经验丰富的会议/研讨会组织者，以及期刊和书籍出版物的编辑。

The Fellowship's aim is to explore how belief is being used as a major principle in international cultural relations and consider its impact for people and policy. This relates to intercultural dialogue and many issues that affect everyday lives: language skills, migration, integration, diversity, and openness in society. The project will consider whether and how 'belief' can be developed as a core value in contemporary cultural relations, and how important it might be in developing a new approach to future intercultural dialogue activities and projects. The Fellowship is held by Dr Abby Day, an internationally recognised and respected social anthropologist, award-winning researcher and popular key-note speaker and guest lecturer at academic conferences and universities worldwide. She is Chair of the Sociology of Religion study group within the British Sociological Association and a member of the American Anthropology Association, American Association of Geographers, British Association for the Study of Religions, British Sociological Association; International Society for the Sociology of Religion; and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Her recent research developing a wider understanding of belief in cross-cultural contexts was published in September by one of the world's most respected publishers, Oxford University Press. Dr Day holds research posts at the University of Kent and University of Sussex. The Fellow's initial focus will be to review key academic articles, news reports, government publications and other material to identify some of the misconceptions that can block engagement with other cultures, perspectives or world views. The Fellow will then identify common meanings and uses of the term 'belief' as a religious and non-religious term and consider how it fits within what some describe as a recent rise in religiosity and a so-called 'clash of civilisations'. Her background as a well-published and funded researcher gives her the experience and networks to conduct such reviews systematically, broadly, creatively and in depth. The Fellow will work with British Council and AHRC staff in the UK and in, particularly, North Africa and the Near East to learn more about the issues of belief on the ground and how those help or impede intercultural dialogue. By sharing research skills and filling knowledge gaps, the Fellow will help staff identify and respond to debates. A series of staff training and engagement events will result in localised materials than can help staff communicate better with media and key decision makers and influential members of the public. The Fellow is an experienced facilitator and her research record demonstrates her ability to engage with and drawn on people's formal and informal knowledge and experience.Collaboration with international academic networks and conference/seminars will widen the debate and analysis to address key concepts about belief, culture, and identity in the context of wider discussions on religion, pluralism, and community. The Fellow is an experienced conference/seminar organiser and editor of journal and book publications.