The Human Remains: A Digital Library of British Mortuary Science and Investigation

人类遗骸：英国太平间科学与调查数字图书馆

• 批准号: MR/X023567/1
• 负责人: Ruth Nugent
• 金额: $ 75.55万
• 依托单位: University of Liverpool
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=MR%2FX023567%2F1
• 关键词: Human; Remains; Digital; Library; British

To assist Church policymakers, archaeologists, and researchers, a digital library of Historic British Mortuary Science & Investigation has been built in the first 3 years of this fellowship. It offers the first survey of current and historic investigations of the church dead in Britain since records began in c.7th century AD until the 19th century. It provides advocates and policymakers much-needed evidence to inform their strategies and responses to managing historic burials in Christian contexts at local and national levels. Cutting-edge digital analysis of the language used to report past mortuary investigations and reburials can reveal what has historically been considered 'respectful treatment' which can anchor ethical, procedural, and religious debates in their historic contexts; advance histories of science, medicine, religion, law and death; and guide practices and policies from academic, Church, and heritage sectors as custodians of our inherited dead. In the renewal period of the fellowship, the Digital Library will be expanded to include archaeologically excavated evidence of historic burial management decisions (empty or truncated graves, charnel deposits, clustering, re-opened graves etc.) for comparison alongside the historical records from 7th-19th centuries. It will use advanced spatial information systems to understand both the tangible practices of burial management alongside the intangible emotional and sensory spaces these remains created inside churches and cathedrals. This will create predictive trends to help modern burial management inside church buildings. The digital analysis of the language of library texts will also expand from focussing on 'respect' to include the 'value' of human remains, especially those with are partial, cremated, disarticulated, and fleshed. This will offer greater nuance in how we 'respectfully' conduct and record such disturbances today and offer vital discussion points for modern archaeologists, burial managers, and policymakers at fellowship workshops. Alongside the digital library, a cross-sector network called 'The Human Remains Collaboratory' continues to bring together academics and non-academics, advisory networks, charities, and professional services involved in managing historic human remains from churches. They provide user feedback on the Digital Library and identify points of collaboration and strategic funding bids; and co-author case studies, recommendations, training materials, and research resources for all those involved in managing historic human remains in Christian contexts. Through international partnerships with other church archaeologists and public-facing academic projects, the library will share this world-leading model and data beyond the UK with a vision for a global network and resource of peer-to-peer training, advice, best practice, case studies, and collaboration with churches, museums, libraries, archives, historic cemeteries (etc.) to navigate perceptions, practices, and policies surrounding human remains and burial management in Christian contexts.

为了协助教会政策制定者、考古学家和研究人员，在该奖学金的前三年建立了英国历史太平间科学与调查数字图书馆。它提供了自公元 7 世纪有记录以来直至 19 世纪以来对英国死亡教会的当前和历史调查的首次调查。它为倡导者和政策制定者提供了急需的证据，以告知他们在地方和国家层面管理基督教背景下的历史墓葬的策略和应对措施。对用于报告过去太平间调查和重新埋葬的语言进行尖端数字分析，可以揭示历史上被认为是“尊重的待遇”，这可以在其历史背景下锚定伦理、程序和宗教辩论；推进科学、医学、宗教、法律和死亡的历史；并指导学术界、教会和遗产部门作为我们继承的死者的监护人的实践和政策。在奖学金更新期间，数字图书馆将进行扩展，纳入考古发掘的历史墓葬管理决策证据（空墓或截断的坟墓、埋葬的坟墓、集群、重新开放的坟墓等），以便与 7 世纪至 19 世纪的历史记录进行比较。它将使用先进的空间信息系统来了解埋葬管理的有形实践以及这些遗骸在教堂和大教堂内创建的无形情感和感官空间。这将创造预测趋势，以帮助教堂建筑内的现代墓葬管理。对图书馆文本语言的数字分析也将从关注“尊重”扩展到包括人类遗骸的“价值”，特别是那些部分、火化、脱节和肉体化的遗骸。这将为我们今天如何“尊重地”进行和记录此类骚乱提供更大的细微差别，并为现代考古学家、墓葬管理人员和奖学金研讨会上的政策制定者提供重要的讨论要点。除了数字图书馆之外，一个名为“人类遗骸合作实验室”的跨部门网络继续将学术界和非学术界、咨询网络、慈善机构和参与管理教堂历史人类遗骸的专业服务机构聚集在一起。他们提供有关数字图书馆的用户反馈，并确定合作点和战略资助投标；并为所有参与基督教背景下历史人类遗骸管理的人员共同撰写案例研究、建议、培训材料和研究资源。通过与其他教会考古学家和面向公众的学术项目的国际合作，图书馆将在英国以外的地区分享这一世界领先的模型和数据，并展望全球网络和资源，提供同行培训、建议、最佳实践、案例研究，并与教堂、博物馆、图书馆、档案馆、历史墓地等合作，以引导人们对基督教背景下的人类遗骸和埋葬管理的看法、实践和政策。