'Everything to Everybody'?: A Critical History of the World's Premier Public Shakespeare Library

“为每个人提供一切”？：世界顶级公共莎士比亚图书馆的批评史

• 批准号: 2570997
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2570997
• 关键词: Everything; Everybody; Critical; History; World

The aim of the Collaborative PhD Award is to provide a scholarly analysis of the 150 year history of the first great Shakespeare Library in the world, examining how the identity and purpose of the Shakespeare Collection has changed over time and questioning what 'good' is Shakespeare, in history and to Birmingham now.The democratisation of knowledge over the last 150 years is a key part of this country's social history. 'Everything to Everybody' seeks to revitalise and rejuvenate the democratic mission of George Dawson, to bring to life the dream and vision of the Library of Birmingham with the global voice of Shakespeare. By providing a scholarly analysis of the history of the Shakespeare Collection, this PhD will not only fill a gap in our knowledge of one of the greatest Shakespeare collections in the world, but will enlighten us as to catalysts and barriers that have existed in different decades to thwart and promote Dawson's democratic vision. The thesis will be a local history of Birmingham's relationship with Shakespeare, but also with point to wider political and economic fluctuations and how those have impacted on the public's perceived value of collections developed for them.Through communicating the findings of the thesis I would hope to encourage a sense of ownership in the people of Birmingham; to show them that archival collections tell a universal story, not owned by one class, colour, religion or intellectual ability; but are part of a democratic mission to break down educational disenfranchisement. The largest library in Europe, holds the largest public collection of Shakespeare related material. The fact that the collection has been put together with donations from countries around the world provides the people of today with a powerful statement of unity and collaboration. The stories that emerge from the minute books, accessions lists, collection policies, and from the items themselves, will encourage that sense of unity and throw light on the multi-cultural nature of the collection and the city itself.A historical analysis of the collection will aid in the re-evaluation of the aims and audience of the collection. The ways in which the collection has been made accessible in the past, will provide fresh insight into how best to burst the elitist bubble around the study and audiences of Shakespeare. How the collection has been developed with provide knowledge as to how a 'people's collection' should be developed in the future, for example, collaborating with local ethnic groups to reassess and redress the cultural, political and social aims of the collection. Active collection development will take Shakespeare and his relationship with the people of Birmingham through the 21st century.

合作博士奖的目的是对世界上第一个伟大的莎士比亚图书馆的150年历史进行学术分析，研究莎士比亚收藏的身份和目的如何随着时间的推移而变化，并质疑莎士比亚在历史上和现在的伯明翰有什么“好”。过去150年的知识民主化是这个国家社会历史的关键部分。“一切为了大家”旨在振兴和振兴乔治道森的民主使命，使生活的梦想和愿景的伯明翰图书馆与莎士比亚的全球声音。通过提供莎士比亚收藏的历史的学术分析，这个博士学位不仅将填补我们对世界上最伟大的莎士比亚收藏之一的知识空白，而且将启发我们在不同的几十年中存在的催化剂和障碍，以阻挠和促进道森的民主愿景。这篇论文将是伯明翰与莎士比亚关系的地方史，但也指出更广泛的政治和经济波动，以及这些波动如何影响公众对为他们开发的收藏品的感知价值。通过交流论文的发现，我希望鼓励伯明翰人民的主人翁意识;向他们表明，档案收藏讲述的是一个普遍的故事，不属于某一阶级、肤色、宗教或智力;而是打破教育权利被剥夺的民主使命的一部分。欧洲最大的图书馆，拥有最大的莎士比亚相关资料的公共收藏。这些藏品与来自世界各国的捐赠汇集在一起，这一事实为今天的人们提供了团结与合作的有力声明。从记录册、收藏目录、收藏政策和物品本身所产生的故事，将鼓励这种团结感，并揭示收藏和城市本身的多元文化性质。对收藏的历史分析将有助于重新评估收藏的目标和受众。过去，这些作品集的传播方式将为如何最好地打破莎士比亚研究和观众周围的精英泡沫提供新的见解。收藏品是如何发展的，并为今后如何发展“人民收藏品”提供了知识，例如，与当地族裔群体合作，重新评估和纠正收藏品的文化、政治和社会目标。积极的收藏发展将把莎士比亚和他与伯明翰人民的关系带到整个世纪。