Heritage, Time, Industrial Change, and Inequality in the Rural British Idyll

在回应在文化研究中突出政治经济学和阶级的呼声的同时，我在我的提案中汇集了对时间和传统的讨论，以审查面对日益严重的社会两极分化的叙事建构。我问：面对英国农村的产业变革和经济不平等，时间和遗产项目的经历如何塑造历史和地点的叙事？在我提议的纽林和康沃尔的Mousehole这两个田野地点，传统渔业在经济意义上已逐渐被旅游业和服务业所取代。在参与民族志和历史调查的同时，我的目标是研究该地区不平等和士绅化加剧的机制和叙述。这将需要研究农村产业变化、农村福利国家相互作用、紧缩政策和新冠肺炎大流行在这些社区中的影响，以及与不平等有关的不同时间和地点概念的不同经历。我计划对英国渔业社区中的英国退欧进行一次新颖、深入的历史学和人种学研究，并建立一种理解，即怀旧情绪可能如何积极地产生，以达到经济或政治目的。我想探索由资本驱动的渔村发展成为“原汁原味的目的地”，并通过与当地遗产团体的接触，探讨当地政治和身份认同问题。

While responding to calls for a foregrounding of political economy and class in the study of culture, I bring togetherdiscussions of time and heritage in my proposal to examine narrative-construction in the face of increasing socialpolarisation. I ask: How are experiences of time and projects of heritage shaping narratives of history and place in theface of industrial change and economic inequality in rural Britain? In my proposed field sites of Newlyn and Mousehole,Cornwall, the traditional fishing industry has been gradually replaced in economic significance by tourism and the servicesector. Engaging in both an ethnographic and historical investigation, I aim to examine the mechanisms and narratives ofincreasing inequality and gentrification in the area. This will entail a study of rural industrial change, rural welfare stateinteraction, and the impact of austerity policy and the Covid-19 pandemic in these communities, as well as ofheterogeneous experiences of time and conceptions of place in relation to inequality. I plan on developing a novel, indepth, historical and ethnographic examination of Brexit in British fishing communities, and building an understanding ofhow nostalgic sentiment might be actively produced for financial or political ends. I want to explore the capital-drivendevelopment of fishing villages into 'destinations of authenticity' and, through an engagement with local heritage groups,matters of local politics and identity.