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Crafting an Alternative Politics of Debt - Spaces and places of politics as everyday action

打造另类债务政治——日常行动的政治空间和地点

基本信息

批准号：
ES/M006433/1
负责人：
Johnna Montgomerie
金额：
$ 11.41万
依托单位：
Goldsmiths University of London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FM006433%2F1
关键词：
Crafting Alternative Politics Debt Spaces

项目摘要

The politics of debt refers to complex and contested politics of debt that defines much of economic and cultural life in present-day Britain. This knowledge exchange project explores the role the Third Sector plays in shaping the wider politic conversations around access to affordable credit and problems associated with indebtedness. We know that in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis a growing number of civil society initiatives sought to engage individuals and communities as a way of shaping political debate. For some civil society groups the focus is on the wide range of people adversely affected by austerity measures; for others it is articulating the profound loss of trust in political and economic elites or using political action to experiment with ways individuals and communities could take back power over their own lives to reinvigorate the very practice of exercising political power. This project explores the resilience of civil society networks and their efforts to shape the wider debate about finance, debt and the UK economy. In particular, the interface between the digital and real-life spaces of the everyday political action. In other words, how these groups can be located in places like large-scale protests, offices, or church halls, which of course are not entirely bound by space; but increasingly use digital platforms to inform/foment the new forms of political engagement. This is accomplished through four interrelated work packages designed in collaboration with project partners: (1) mapping the network of digital and real-world actors and creating a network of networks 'Debt-CN'; (2) collaborative research on debt inequality; (3) Create and support a hashtag experiment documenting the roll-out of the Credit Union Service Organisation 'CURES' and alternative credit provider 'Fair for You'; (4) Collaborative research investigating digital transformations in small-scale lending.Offering a flexible package of knowledge exchange activities is a relatively new approach to impact that is not simply about demonstrating how academic social research contributes to the national economy and drives improvements in government policy. We adopt an embedded approach to research that involves working closely with a network of individuals and organisations to deliver tangible contribution to organisational practice. Importantly we are experimenting with new digital forums that remain underexplored in social science research. For example, the #ReinventCU experiment replicates projects like #EnfieldExperiment between academics from the University of Manchester and London Borough council to develop local economic development strategy and the #BBCBudget that attempted to understand how BBC-users interact with digital content. Impact can be more local and more tangible than this. Where possible, we should aim to adopt a more 'embedded' approach to research which involves working more closely with the public, and public institutions, at a local level. The crucial common thread is the existence of a partnership between researchers and practitioners that generates a mutual exchange of knowledge which, in turn, improves the quality of the research and some aspect of service provision in tandem.

债务政治是指复杂且有争议的债务政治，它定义了当今英国的大部分经济和文化生活。该知识交流项目探讨了第三部门在围绕获得负担得起的信贷和与债务相关的问题形成更广泛的政治对话方面所发挥的作用。我们知道，2008 年金融危机之后，越来越多的民间社会倡议寻求让个人和社区参与，以此作为塑造政治辩论的一种方式。对于一些民间社会团体来说，重点是受到紧缩措施不利影响的广大人群；对于另一些人来说，它表明人们对政治和经济精英的信任严重丧失，或者利用政治行动来尝试个人和社区夺回对自己生活的权力的方式，以重振行使政治权力的实践。 This project explores the resilience of civil society networks and their efforts to shape the wider debate about finance, debt and the UK economy.特别是日常政治行动的数字空间和现实生活空间之间的界面。 In other words, how these groups can be located in places like large-scale protests, offices, or church halls, which of course are not entirely bound by space;但越来越多地使用数字平台来告知/煽动新形式的政治参与。 This is accomplished through four interrelated work packages designed in collaboration with project partners: (1) mapping the network of digital and real-world actors and creating a network of networks 'Debt-CN'; (2) 债务不平等合作研究； (3) Create and support a hashtag experiment documenting the roll-out of the Credit Union Service Organisation 'CURES' and alternative credit provider 'Fair for You'; (4) 调查小规模贷款数字化转型的合作研究。提供灵活的知识交流活动包是一种相对较新的影响方法，它不仅仅是展示学术社会研究如何为国民经济做出贡献并推动政府政策的改进。 We adopt an embedded approach to research that involves working closely with a network of individuals and organisations to deliver tangible contribution to organisational practice.重要的是，我们正在尝试新的数字论坛，这些论坛在社会科学研究中尚未得到充分探索。 For example, the #ReinventCU experiment replicates projects like #EnfieldExperiment between academics from the University of Manchester and London Borough council to develop local economic development strategy and the #BBCBudget that attempted to understand how BBC-users interact with digital content.影响可以比这更本地化、更切实。在可能的情况下，我们的目标应该是采用更加“嵌入式”的研究方法，其中涉及与地方层面的公众和公共机构更密切的合作。 The crucial common thread is the existence of a partnership between researchers and practitioners that generates a mutual exchange of knowledge which, in turn, improves the quality of the research and some aspect of service provision in tandem.