Sir John Gardner Wilkinson: cultures of antiquarianism in Egypt, Europe and England

约翰·加德纳·威尔金森爵士：埃及、欧洲和英国的古文物文化

• 批准号: 2103020
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Nottingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2103020
• 关键词: Sir; John; Gardner; Wilkinson; cultures

This project will take a historical geographical approach to studying the life of Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) who is best known for laying the foundations on which modern British Egyptology is built (Thompson, 1992). His research on other areas, particularly on the Balkans and prehistoric Britain, has been obscured by his work on Egypt and little studied. I will approach the production of archaeological and antiquarian knowledge in its cultural and historical context (Nikolau, 2017). This will be done by analyzing his extensive collection of travel journals and sketchbooks held at the Bodleian and through the study of his extensive library, held by the National Trust at Calke Abbey. Revising notions that antiquaries had an insular preoccupation with Britain, I intend to build on Heringham's (2013) recognition that many Britons travelling overseas could also be considered antiquaries, Wilkinson among them. In particular, I will draw on Heringham's idea of the 'knowledge worker': Wilkinson, though possessed of an independent income, can still be described in this way as his amateur yet pioneering approach disseminated knowledge widely through his books (Wilkinson, 1837; 1843; 1847).The thesis will draw on experience gained during my undergraduate dissertation, on British travellers to Egypt in the C19th and early C20th, with particular reference to health tourism. For this, I used published travel writing, including books by Wilkinson, alongside manuscripts in eight archives. My research suggested that visiting, drawing and describing antiquarian aspects of Egypt were seen as a form of complementary medicine: the landscape was therapeutic. I am currently developing this topic further, through an MA dissertation on the British army in Egypt. Additionally, modules on cultural geography have given insights into using visual sources, while an MA module on imperialism has been very valuable because of its focus on travel and colonial encounters.

该项目将采用历史地理学的方法来研究加德纳威尔金森（1797-1875）的生活，他以奠定现代英国植物学的基础而闻名（汤普森，1992年）。他对其他领域的研究，特别是对巴尔干半岛和史前英国的研究，被他对埃及的研究所掩盖，很少有人研究。我将在其文化和历史背景下探讨考古和古物知识的产生（Nikolau，2017）。这将是通过分析他广泛收集的旅行杂志和素描本举行的博德利安和通过研究他的广泛的图书馆，举行的国民信托在卡尔克修道院。我修正了古董商对英国有一种孤立的关注的观念，我打算在Heringham（2013）的认识基础上，许多到海外旅行的英国人也可以被认为是古董商，其中包括威尔金森。特别是，我将借鉴赫林厄姆的“知识工作者”的想法：威尔金森，虽然拥有一个独立的收入，仍然可以这样描述他的业余但开拓性的方法广泛传播知识，通过他的书（威尔金森，1837年; 1843年; 1847年）。论文将借鉴我在本科毕业论文中获得的经验，在C19世纪和C20世纪初，特别是健康旅游。为此，我使用了已出版的旅行作品，包括威尔金森的书，以及八个档案馆的手稿。我的研究表明，参观、绘画和描述埃及的古文物被视为一种补充医学：风景是治疗性的。我目前正在通过一篇关于英国军队在埃及的硕士论文进一步发展这个话题。此外，文化地理学模块提供了使用视觉资源的见解，而帝国主义的MA模块非常有价值，因为它专注于旅行和殖民遭遇。