The Use and Abuse of Heritage: A Critical History of English Heritage and its Political Position

英国遗产的历史(包括最近见证了历史英格兰的创建的职责分工)和遗产行业的更大背景一直是一个深刻的政治背景。自1983年创建以来，其组织和做法反映了过去34年来对遗产的态度和意义的变化。拟议的研究将侧重于英国遗产的关键历史及其在英国遗产产业的更大背景下的地位。将首次通过关键遗产和管理研究的结合，评估遗产和国家之间复杂而重要的关系以及这种关系对人民和社会的影响。拟议的研究背景：自1983年玛格丽特·撒切尔政府创建英格兰遗产以来，遗产、国家和社会之间的关系经历了不同的根本性转变。最近，英国遗产和更广泛的遗产产业经历了一个多世纪以来最根本的结构和政治关系调整。最后一届保守党政府将历史英格兰和英格兰遗产分开，基本上将英格兰遗产私有化，并推动了对遗产部门的自由企业做法，进一步突出了其商业性质和经济意义。这项研究试图质疑这一决定，询问英国遗产产业的政治性质在多大程度上影响了当前的政治和文化格局？独一无二的是，它的目的是通过利用批判性遗产和批判性管理话语来制作从1983年到现在的文物产业批判性历史，以了解这种关系。研究影响可以预测，随着政治分歧的扩大，未来几年将继续感受到遗产的社会相关性。在此期间，很可能会形成、谈判和操纵新的或修订的身份、地点、国家和遗产的概念。与此同时，遗产的经济和文化影响可能会变得更加强大，其影响也会更加明显。这是遗产从业者和行业认识到他们对当代政治和文化的潜在影响的重要时刻。同样重要的是，要进一步了解在遗产行业内作出决定和变革的政治背景，以及这些决定和变革对遗产产业的实践、意识形态和产出产生了什么影响，进而对人民和社会产生怎样的影响。研究培训将寻求进一步的研究培训，以提高技能并学习新的技能。我曾接受过硕士水平的研究培训，并在理论方法上表现出色。我将从社会科学研究方法的培训中进一步受益匪浅。我将特别寻求探索关于数据收集和数据分析以及档案和深入定性培训的教学，以最大限度地有利于我拟议的研究和未来的学术生涯。拟议的研究问题可以通过对遗产产业的结构、历史和政治的理论和比较分析来回答。在我的硕士学位论文中，我已经对有关批评遗产研究(CHS)的文献和辩论有了广泛的了解和理解，这篇论文回顾了1987年‘遗产产业’与今天的相似之处。这里提出的理论论述也将集中在批判性管理研究(CMS)上，与批判性遗产研究在方法和分析方面有相似之处。进一步研究培训的好处将为这项研究带来更多的方法和途径。弥合了我在艺术和人文研究方面的经验与社会科学之间的差距。

The history of English Heritage (to include the recent division of responsibilities that saw the creation of Historic England) and the larger context of the heritage industry has been a deeply political one. Its organisation and practices since its creation in 1983 have reflected changing attitudes and meanings of heritage over the past 34 years. The proposed research would focus on a critical history of English Heritage and its position in the larger context of the UK's heritage industry. For the first time, and through a combination of critical heritage and management studies, the complex but important relationship between heritage and state and the effects this has on people and society will be assessed. Proposed Research Background:Since the creation of English Heritage in 1983 under Margaret Thatcher's Government, the relationship between heritage, state and society has undergone different radical transformations. Most recently English Heritage and the wider heritage industry has undergone the most fundamental realignment of structure and political relationship for over a century. The separation of Historic England and English Heritage by the last Conservative Government essentially privatised English Heritage and furthered the free-enterprise approach to the heritage sector in general, placing further prominence on its commercial nature and economic significance. This research would seek to question that decision, asking to what extent the political nature of the heritage industry in Britain has influenced the current political and cultural landscape? Uniquely, it would aim to understand this relationship by utilising both critical heritage and critical management discourse to produce a critical history of the heritage industry from 1983 to the present day.Research ImpactIt can be predicted that the social relevance of heritage will continue to be felt over the next several years as the political divide widens. During this time, it is likely that new or revised notions of identity, place, nation and heritage will be formed, negotiated and manipulated. At the same time the economic and cultural influence of heritage is likely to grow stronger and its effects more visible. It is an important time for heritage practitioners and the industry to recognise the potential influence they have on contemporary politics and culture. It is equally important to further understand the political context in which decisions and transformations within the heritage industry are made and what effect these have on its practice, ideology and output and in turn those effects on people and society. Research TrainingFurther research training would be sought to improve skills and learn new ones. I have undertaken research training at Masters level and excelled in theoretical approaches. I would greatly benefit further from training in social science research methods. I would especially seek to explore teaching on data collection and data analysis as well as archival and in depth qualitative training as best to benefit my proposed research and a future career in academia.The proposed research questions could be answered through theoretical and comparative analysis of the structure, history and politics of the heritage industry. An extensive knowledge and understanding of literature and debates relating to Critical Heritage Studies (CHS) has already been undertaken in my Masters dissertation which reviewed the similarities of the 'heritage industry' in 1987 and that of today. The theoretical discourse proposed here would also focus on Critical Management Studies (CMS), sharing similarities in approach and analysis as those found in Critical Heritage Studies. The benefit of further research training would bring additional methods and approaches to this research. Bridging the gap between my experience in arts and humanities research and the social sciences.