'Belief' in Cultural Relations

文化关系中的“信仰”

基本信息

批准号：
ES/J011320/1
负责人：
Abby Day
金额：
$ 5.43万
依托单位：
University of Kent
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2011
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2011 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ011320%2F1
关键词：
Belief Cultural Relations

项目摘要

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.

奖学金的目的是探索如何将信仰用作国际文化关系中的主要原则，并考虑其对人和政策的影响。这涉及跨文化对话和许多影响日常生活的问题：语言技能，移民，整合，多样性和社会开放性。该项目将考虑是否以及如何发展“信仰”作为当代文化关系中的核心价值，以及它在开发新的跨文化对话活动和项目中的新方法中的重要性。该奖学金由国际认可和受人尊敬的社会人类学家，屡获殊荣的研究员和受欢迎的主题演讲者和宾客讲师Abby Day博士举行。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的信念的广泛理解，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。 Day博士在肯特大学和苏塞克斯大学担任研究职位。该研究员的最初重点是审查关键的学术文章，新闻报道，政府出版物和其他材料，以确定一些误解，这些误解可以阻止与其他文化，观点或世界观的参与。然后，该研究员将确定“信仰”一词的共同含义和用途是一个宗教和非宗教术语，并考虑它如何符合某些人被描述为最近的宗教信仰上升和所谓的“文明冲突”。她作为一名精彩和资助的研究人员的背景为她提供了系统，广泛，创造性和深入进行此类评论的经验和网络。该研究员将与英国议会和英国的AHRC工作人员合作，尤其是在北非和近东，以了解有关当地信仰问题的更多信息，以及这些问题如何帮助或阻碍跨文化对话。通过分享研究技能并填补知识空白，研究员将帮助员工识别并回应辩论。一系列员工培训和参与活动将导致本地材料，而不是帮助员工与媒体，关键决策者和有影响力的公众进行更好的沟通。该研究员是一位经验丰富的促进者，她的研究记录表明了她与人们的正式和非正式知识和经验互动并吸引了她的能力。与国际学术网络和会议/研讨会的集合将扩大辩论和分析，以解决有关信仰，文化和对宗教，多元主义和社区的广泛讨论的关键概念。该研究员是经验丰富的会议/研讨会组织者，也是期刊和书籍出版物的编辑。