Agency and Identity in the Urban Built Environment in the Histories and Heritage of Minority Religious Communities: How access to changing urban space

这项研究旨在研究犹太社区的体验、身份认同和归属感如何受到其建筑环境的影响并与其相互作用。这将包括对已经开展的对犹太社区的城市建成环境的研究的分析，包括对活跃的和不存在的犹太社区的研究，以及关于其他少数民族信仰、文化和社区的其他跨学科文化研究。我还将分析目前少数民族遗产在诸如博物馆等“传统”遗产互动场所的代表性，更具体地说，我将审查如何展示犹太遗产以及展示犹太遗产的哪些方面。这将包括围绕历史与遗产的讨论--过去的叙事与因历史叙事而赋予习俗、物品或场所的价值观--以及这些如何与犹太社区的经历相适应。上述研究将构成我的次要研究的基础，而我的主要研究将专注于与犹太社区本身的接触。虽然已经有对建筑建筑和犹太遗产遗址的研究，但最值得注意的是Sharman Kadish的《英国和爱尔兰的犹太遗产：建筑指南》，到目前为止，许多研究都更多地集中在统计和定量分析上，而不是定性数据(Kadish 2015)。也有例外，例如历史英格兰关于英国犹太墓地及其保护挑战的报告，但很少对犹太社区的空间和遗产之间的关系进行定性分析(Barker Langham，2015)。为了促进这一知识差距，我建议使用人种学的数据收集方法，就像Barker Langham咨询报告和少数群体文化和特性领域的其他研究中所使用的那样。这些措施包括进行访谈、问卷调查以及观察和接触社区，以了解他们进入和利用空间如何影响他们对遗产的想法，并与他们的身份有关。我将看看这些调查结果是否反映了这一领域已经完成的工作，以及目前在更广泛的遗产互动中展示犹太遗产的情况。我希望与犹太社区接触，这些社区既代表着全国各地的地理分布，也代表着不同规模的社区和不同的教派。这不仅可以比较作为大社区的一部分对身份的影响，而且还可以比较不同的神学立场是否加强或削弱了这些联系。希望这项研究能更好地理解犹太社区与其遗产的互动关系，并加深对他们作为现代英国犹太人的地域感、认同感和归属感的理解。除此之外，我希望它能够为犹太社区和遗产专业人士提供未来遗产管理计划的建议，以展示英国犹太社区的多样性。引用作品：巴克·兰厄姆。(2015)。犹太人墓地：理解价值观。为历史上的英格兰所做的报告。[在线]。可在https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=1579.上获得[2020年10月9日访问]。卡迪什。S.(2015)。英国的犹太人遗产：建筑指南。斯温登：英国传统。

This research proposes to look at how the experience, identity and sense of belonging for Jewish communities are affected by and interact with their built environment. This will include an analysis of the research already undertaken into the urban built environment of Jewish communities, both active and 'defunct', alongside other interdisciplinary cultural studies concerning other minority faiths, cultures and communities. I will also analyse the current representation of minority heritage in 'traditional' sites of heritage interaction, such as museums, and, more specifically, review how and which aspects of Jewish heritage are presented. This will include looking at discussions surrounding history versus heritage - the narrative of the past versus the values placed on practices, objects or places because of an historical narrative - and how these fit into Jewish communities' experiences. The above research would form the basis of my secondary research, whilst my primary research will focus on engagement with Jewish communities themselves. Whilst there have been studies into architectural buildings and sites of Jewish heritage, Sharman Kadish's Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland: An Architectural Guide being the most notable, many of the studies so far have concentrated more on statistical and quantitative analysis over qualitative data (Kadish 2015). There are exceptions, such as the report by Historic England on British Jewish Cemeteries and the challenges around preserving them, but very little qualitative analysis on the relationship between space and heritage for Jewish communities has been undertaken (Barker Langham, 2015). In order to contribute to this gap in knowledge, I propose to use ethnographical methods of data collection, as utilised in the Barker Langham consultation report and other studies in the field of minority cultures and identity. These include conducting interviews, questionnaires and observing and engaging with communities to understand how their access to, and use of, space impacts their ideas of heritage and relates to on their identity. I will look to see if these findings reflect either the work that has already been done in this area and the current presentation of Jewish heritage in wider heritage interactions. I hope to engage with Jewish communities that represent both a geographical spread across the country, differing sizes of communities and different denominations. This would not only allow a comparison in terms of whether being a part of large community impacts on identity but also whether different theological standpoints enhances or diminishes these connections. It is hoped that this research will create a better understanding of the Jewish communities' interaction with their heritage and lead to a deeper understanding of their sense of place, identity, belonging as modern British Jews. Alongside this I hope that it will be able to provide suggestions for future heritage management plans for both Jewish communities and heritage professionals to showcase the diversity of the British Jewish community. Works cited:Barker Langham. (2015). Jewish Burial Grounds: Understanding Values. Report Undertaken for Historic England. [Online]. Available at https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=1579. [Accessed 9th October 2020]. Kadish. S. (2015). Jewish heritage in England: An architectural guide. Swindon: English Heritage.