Evaluating the Legacy of the World War One Centenary in British Tourist Experiences at the Western Front

评估一战一百周年的英国西线旅游体验的遗产

• 批准号: 2270568
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2270568
• 关键词: Evaluating; Legacy; World; War; Centenary

The primary aim of this project is to evaluate how the Centenary celebrations for the First World War have impacted on British tourists consumption of items of heritage on the Western Front, and more specifically in the area of Ieper, Belgium. Ieper (Ypres) is a historical centre for British tourists due to the locality of major items of remembrance such as the Menin Gate memorial and Tyne Cot Cemetery, the largest British First World War Cemetery, as it is the site for the infamous Battle of Passchendaele (Third Battle of Ypres). The Centenary celebrations have propelled the First World War to a new status in the public consciousness. Tourist numbers to this area have been steadily rising before the Centenary, however, as the temporal distance to the conflict grows some fear that the emotional connection is fading and it is becoming merely a tourist attraction, and not a place of remembrance and education.There is extensive research on how visitors have come to interact with items of heritage on the Western Front, most of which comment on the importance, or question the impact of the Centenary celebrations and this study aims to answer those questions. Undoubtedly more visitation will result from the four year event, however the important questions are: Have the nature of visitors experiences changed and what has caused this change? Are these changes limited to certain groups, e.g. age? Do Sites of Memory experience changes in the same manner as other items of heritage that may be educationally focused?The study will look to further explore the relationship of Sites of Memory as items of heritage to other heritage sites that are perhaps lean towards education rather than remembrance. As the temporal distance to the conflict grows are the divisions between these sites deteriorating as they come to fulfill a similar purpose? Or are they being driven apart in an attempt to maintain the emotional resonance of Sites of Memory? Has the influx of attention brought to these sites by the centenary accelerated previous trends or has it spawned new changes?

该项目的主要目的是评估第一次世界大战百年纪念活动对英国游客在西线，特别是比利时伊佩尔地区的遗产消费的影响。伊佩尔（伊普尔）是英国游客的历史中心，因为主要纪念品的位置，如梅宁门纪念馆和泰恩科特公墓，英国最大的第一次世界大战公墓，因为它是臭名昭著的帕斯尚尔战役（第三次伊普尔战役）的遗址。百年纪念活动将第一次世界大战在公众意识中推向了一个新的地位。然而，在百年纪念之前，这一地区的游客人数一直在稳步上升，因为与冲突的时间距离越来越远，有些人担心这种情感联系正在消失，它正在成为一个仅仅是旅游景点，而不是一个纪念和教育的地方。或质疑百年庆典的影响，本研究旨在回答这些问题。毫无疑问，四年的活动将带来更多的参观，但重要的问题是：游客体验的性质发生了变化，是什么导致了这种变化？这些变化是否仅限于某些群体，例如年龄？记忆遗址是否会像其他可能以教育为重点的遗产项目一样经历变化？这项研究将进一步探讨作为遗产项目的记忆遗址与其他可能倾向于教育而不是纪念的遗产遗址的关系。随着与冲突的时间距离的增加，这些地点之间的分歧是否在恶化，因为它们来实现类似的目的？或者，它们被分开是为了保持记忆之地的情感共鸣？百年庆典给这些网站带来的关注是加速了以前的趋势，还是催生了新的变化？